This railway is closed. The North British Railway took over the promotion of this railway, which had various names over the years, including the Innerleithan and Peebles Railway, as local promoters were having difficulty pushing it through. The North British were able to offer the Caledonian Railway, who blocked the proposed line, favourable rates for traffic and made a connection to the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Extension Railway in Peebles.
10/10/1864 | Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway) Peebles [2nd] to Innerleithen opened. Stations at; Cardrona and Innerleithen. |
18/06/1866 | Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway) Galashiels [1st] (Kilnknowe Junction) to Innerleithen opened. Stations at; Thornilee and Clovenfords. |
17/02/1958 | North British Railway Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) Peebles Railway Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway) Class 100 DMUs introduced on the Edinburgh Waverley - Peebles - Galashiels [1st] loop service. This leads to an immediate more than doubling of the passenger numbers. |
/04/2011 | Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway) Scottish Government awards Scottish Borders Council £600,000 to convert former trackbed between Peebles, Cardrona and Innerleithen. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This engine shed was provided just to the north of the original terminal station. It was originally accessed from the terminus but on extension of the line east to Galashiels was re-aligned to be approached from the north. ...
More detailsThis was a single platform station with a canopy provided when the line was extended east from Peebles to Galashiels. The station replaced Peebles [1st]. ...
More detailsThis junction was by the signal box just south east of the second North British Railway Peebles station. The link to Peebles [CR] crossed the goods loop on its course south and then west. The junction was alternatively called Peebles Caledonian Junction.
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This goods yard was the the south east of Peebles [NB] station, the second North British Railway station in the town. The yard was served by a loop off the line. It was crossed, on the level, by a line from Peebles Junction to Peebles CR and NBR Junction just east of the Caledonian station.
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This gasworks was located at Eshiels near Eshiels Tunnel to the east of Peebles. A siding, approached from the Galashiels direction, ran to the works. ...
More detailsThis is a disused single track five span single track viaduct directly west of the former Cardrona station. It crosses the River Tweed. There is a small flood arch at the east end.
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This single platform station was at Cardrona Mains, just east of Horsbrugh Viaduct and about a mile north of Cardrona House and Cardrona Viaduct. The former station is now within the modern Cardrona housing estate development. No allowance for line re-opening along the original route has been made.
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This single track five arch viaduct was south of the former Cardrona station, crossing the River Tweed.
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This siding had a loading bank and was approached from the west. The site is just west of the former Innerleithen station.
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This was a two platform station with a goods yard approached from the east. The yard had a goods shed. There was a level crossing to the west of the station. The platforms were staggered and there was a tall signal box (1895) on the westbound platform.
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This is a disused six span girder viaduct east of the former Innerleithen station crossing the River Tweed.
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This was a single platform station on the south bank of the Tweed, connected to Walkerburn by a road bridge. The Tweedholm Mills sat on the low ground on the north bank with the village above.
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This was a single platform station to the south of Thornylee Farm. The platform was on the north (farm) side of the line with a goods yard to the east on the north side of the line, approached from the west.
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This location was referred to by the North British Railway as
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This was a single platform station in the north of the village of Clovenfords. The platform was on the south (village) side of the single line. The single storey station building stood at the west end of the platform. There was a goods shed at the east end, in a small goods yard with two sidings served from a goods loop to the east. A signal box opened in 1899 and closed in 1928.
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This was the junction between the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) and the Peebles loop (Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway)).
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This junction was by the signal box just south east of the second North British Railway Peebles station. The link to Peebles [CR] crossed the goods loop on its course south and then west. The junction was alternatively called Peebles Caledonian Junction.
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This single track girder viaduct crossed the River Tweed. It was on the short North British owned link between Peebles Junction on the NBR and Peebles [CR].
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This was an end-on junction directly to the east of Peebles [CR] station. From here a North British Railway line operated over the Peebles Tweed Viaduct to Peebles Junction at Peebles [2nd] North British Railway station.
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