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Coldstream

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Cornhill [Borders] (1849-1873)
Coldstream (1873-1964)

Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.

Opened on the Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway).
Opened on the Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway).

Description

This station was originally named Cornhill for the nearby Cornhill Castle. It was located in England but served Coldstream, a mile and a half north west over the River Tweed, in Scotland.

Directly to the south was Cornhill Junction.

Local

The Flodden Ecomuseum is two miles south east of the former station.

The Heatherslaw Light Railway is five miles to the east of the former station.

Tags

Station
02/01/2019

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Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/ /1873	Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) Cornhill renamed Coldstream.
02/05/1887	Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) Coldstream to Wooperton opened to goods traffic.
05/09/1887	Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) The Cornhill Branch (Coldstream to Alnwick) is opened throughout and for passengers with the opening of Wooperton to Alnwick. For the extra traffic Alnwick station re-built.
11/08/1948	Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) Flooding damage washes away a bridge between Wooler and Idlerton. The bridge is not replaced and the line operated as two branches; Coldstream to Wooler and Alnwick to Idlerton.
04/07/1955	Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) Local stations closed. Velvet Hall, Twizell, Sunilaws, Carham, Sprouston closed. Tweedmouth, Norham and Coldstream remain open.
29/03/1964	Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) Scottish Rambler No 3 runs from Coldstream to Wooler.
15/06/1964	Kelso Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway) Kelso to Tweedmouth closed to passengers. Coldstream, Norham and Tweedmouth closed.
25/03/1965	Cornhill Branch (North Eastern Railway) Wooler to Coldstream (excluded) closed completely, the last part of the line.