Hawick North Signal Box

Location type


Name and dates

Hawick North Signal Box (1873-1965)

Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).

Description

This signal box controlled the northern approach to Hawick [2nd] station and yard, much of which was built on the site of Hawick [1st].

There were loops on either side of the line north of the station, this box controlling the north end of these. The loops were severed at the north end with the closure of the north box.

To the west were a set of sidings on the south side of the line and a turntable on the north side of the line. A long siding on the south side served the Hawick Gas Works and, by reversal, approached Riversdale Mills and [[Eastfield Mills].

The box was replaced in 1896.

It closed in 1965 and the line in 1969.

After closure, the trackbed has been landscaped into an attractive walkway. To the north of the site of the box along the line there has been much infilling of cutting.

Unlike other sections of closed line there has been little development on the solum and reinstatement north from Hawick to St Boswells is not out of the question.

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Sidings


Nearby stations
Hawick [2nd]
Hawick [1st]
Stobs Camp
Hassendean
Stobs
Shankend
Belses
Selkirk
Charlesfield Halt
Jedburgh
Whitrope Siding
Lindean
Jedfoot
St Boswells
Maxton
Hawick Gas Works
Weensland Mills
Riversdale Mills
Eastfield Mills
Hawick Shed
Teviot Viaduct
Wilton Mill
Loch Park Siding
Slitrig Viaduct
Spoil Tip
Barnes Viaduct
Stobs Camp Prison
Meldrum Destructor
Tourist/other
Hawick South Signal Box
Stobs Military Camp
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)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Galashiels 1897: Selkirkshire Sheet 08.02 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Selkirkshire)

Galashiels to Edinburgh: Including the Lauder and Dalkeith Branches - the Waverley Route (Scml)

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

Hawick to Galashiels: The Waverley Route Including the Selkirk Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Last Years of the Waverley Route

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

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

On the Waverley Route

Railways Of Scotland 2: The Waverley Route DVD - Cinerail

The Waverley Route Through Time

The Waverley Route: Its Heritage and Revival

The Waverley Route: The Postwar Years

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