Canonbie
Location type
StationName and dates
Canonbie (1862-1964)Opened on the Langholm Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This was a single platform station. The platform was on the east side of the line. The goods yard was to the south, accessed from Canonbie Colliery Signal Box. The station closed to passengers in 1964 and the line remained open until 1967 for goods.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Riddings Junction Gilnockie Penton Scotch Dyke Nook Pasture Langholm Longtown Kershopefoot Gretna [NBR] Gretna [CR] Gretna Green [1st] Gretna Green Lyneside Newcastleton Gretna Township | Canonbie Colliery Liddel Viaduct Moat Quarry Peter^s Crook Siding Glentarras Siding Tarrasfoot Tile Works Glen Tarras Distillery Tarras Viaduct Longtown Branch Junction Bush-on-Esk Signal Box Bush-on-Esk East Junction Bush-on-Esk West Junction Tourist/other Canonbie Colliery Signal Box Liddel Strength DLO Smalmstown |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/07/1862 | Border Union Railway (North British Railway) The line from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle Citadel via Galashiels and Hawick [2nd] is completed. The line opened from Hawick [2nd] to Scotch Dyke. Stations opened at Hawick [2nd], Barnes, Shankend, Riccarton, Steele Road, Newcastleton, Kershope Foot, Penton, Riddings Junction (and Canonbie on the incomplete Langholm branch). (Alternative date 01/08/1862.) |
