Cardrona railway station

Disused railway station in Cardrona, Scottish Borders

55°38′24″N 3°06′46″W / 55.64°N 3.1129°W / 55.64; -3.1129Grid referenceNT300390Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyPeebles RailwayPre-groupingNorth British RailwayPost-groupingLNER
British Rail (Scottish Region)Key dates1 October 1864 (1864-10-01)Opened5 February 1962 (1962-02-05)Closed

Cardrona railway station served the village of Cardrona, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1864 to 1962 on the Peebles Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 October 1864 by the Peebles Railway.[1]

It was situated on the south side of an unnamed minor road with the station goods siding to the south.[2]

A Board of Trade inspector visited the station prior to opening to say that the facilities needed improving. Nothing was done at the time but a new signal box was opened to the west end of the platform in 1895. This controlled access to the goods yard, which comprised one siding running behind the platform and a second short siding acting as a head shunt serving a short cattle dock. Cardrona was the only station beside Rosslynlee Hospital Halt on the line to survive until the closure of the line which was not fitted with totem name signs.

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and possibly one for some of 1934.[3]

It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 February 1962.[1]

The station building is now used as a shop and the platform survives along with the signal box.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Cardrona station on OS 25inch map Peebles-shire XIII.12 (Innerleithen; Peebles; Traquair)". National Library of Scotland. 1898. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 11. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  4. ^ "Cardrona Railway Station". Geograph. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links

  • Cardrona station at Disused Stations
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Peebles (West)
Line and station closed 		  North British Railway
Peebles Railway 		  Innerleithen
Line and station closed


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