Lasswade

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Lasswade (1868-1951)

Opened on the Esk Valley Railway.

Description

This was a single platform station. The platform was on the north side of the line.

There was a goods yard at the west end, approached from the west. This served a gas works.

Slightly further west is the disused Lasswade Viaduct. To the east was the Lasswade Tunnel.

There were iron ore mines in the vicinity.

Tags

Station


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 Edinburgh's Railways

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

The Railways of Peebles (Through Time)