Barnes Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Barnes Viaduct (1862-1969)

Opened on the Border Union Railway (North British Railway).

Description

This is a disused double track four arch masonry viaduct just north of the former Stobs station. It is also known as Barns Viaduct or Stobs Viaduct. The overall length is 242 ft.

Engineer: Charles Jopp.

Tags

Viaduct

Aliases

Stobs Viaduct Barns Viaduct

Facilities

Listing: C



Nearby stations
Stobs
Stobs Camp
Shankend
Hawick [1st]
Hawick [2nd]
Whitrope Siding
Hassendean
Riccarton Junction
Saughtree
Deadwater
Steele Road
Belses
Jedburgh
Selkirk
Kielder Forest
Meldrum Destructor
Spoil Tip
Stobs Camp Prison
Primrose Cottage
White Hill Quarry
White Hill Quarry Siding
Slitrig Viaduct
Shankend Viaduct
Loch Park Siding
Wilton Mill
Teviot Viaduct
Hawick Shed
Tourist/other
Stobs Military Camp
Stobs Camp Hospital
Stobs Castle
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Border Country Branch Line Album

Border Railway Portfolio

Borders Railway Rambles

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Hawick 1897: Roxburghshire Sheet 25.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Roxburghshire)

Last Years of the Waverley Route

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

Railways Of Scotland 2: The Waverley Route DVD - Cinerail

The North British Railway a History

The Waverley Route Through Time

The Waverley Route: The District Controller's View 'Edinburgh (Waverley) - Carlisle Via Hawick'

Waverley Route: The battle for the Borders Railway

Waverley Route: The Life, Death and Rebirth of the Borders Railway

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route