Polton
Location type
StationName and dates
Polton (1867-1951)Opened on the Esk Valley Railway.
Description
This was a single platform terminus with a large goods yard.
The platform was to the west, goods yard to the east. The station was rebuilt to have a North British Railway style station building.
A line passing down the west side of the station served the Springfield Paper Mill to the south west. By reversal from the goods yard the Polton Mill was reached.
The station closed to passengers in 1951, the signal box in 1955 and the line in 1964.
The station site is now housing. Nothing of the station remains, although the goods line down the west side of the station is now a footpath. Track survives of a level crossing between the station at Polton Mill at Polton Cottages.
Tags
Station terminusExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Loanhead Rosewell and Hawthornden Lasswade Roslin Broomieknowe Bonnyrigg Rosslyn Castle Rosslynlee Gilmerton South Esk Dalhousie Eskbank Eskbank and Dalkeith Glenesk Sheriffhall [2nd] | Springfield Mill Polton Mill Bilston Glen Viaduct Burghlee Ground Frame Burghlee Colliery Ramsey Colliery Kevock Mill Kevock Siding Edgefield Weighs Cabin Dalhousie Colliery Hawthornden Catchpoints Hawthornden Sand Siding Tourist/other Glenesk House Mavisbank House Springfield House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 15/04/1867 | Esk Valley Railway Opened from Esk Valley Junction (Peebles Railway) to Polton. |
| 19/09/1951 | Esk Valley Railway Polton to Eskbank [1st] (Esk Valley Junction) closed to passengers. |
