Reston
Location type
StationName and dates
RestonStation code: National Rail
Opened on the North British Railway.
Description
A new station is proposed for the village of Reston. The location is east of both the former Reston [1st] station and the former junction (which was east of the station) with the Dunse Branch (North British Railway). The greenfield site is south of the Reston Cattle Market and will be access from The Orchard road. The station will have a car park on its north side (east of The Orchard), bus interchange, shelters, seating, ticket machines and footbridge with lifts for accessibility. The line runs on an embankment here.
Reston population: ~450 (but station will serve a larger area eg Eyemouth population 5000)
Station cost estimate: £20M
Parking spaces: 70
Platform lengths: 270m
Former station closed: 1964 Reston [1st]
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Reston [1st] Ayton Chirnside Eyemouth Burnmouth Grantshouse Edrom Crumstane Duns Berwick-upon-Tweed Cockburnspath Velvet Hall Tweedmouth Norham Twizell | Reston Goods Restonhill Ballast Pit Auchencraw Siding Billiemains Siding Houndwood Siding Free Kirk Bridge Peelwalls Bridges Biglawburn Siding Eye Water Viaduct Chirnside Viaduct Chirnside Paper Mill Renton Siding Brockholes Bridge Tourist/other Foulden Tithe Barn St Abb^s Head Viewpoint |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 13/08/1948 | Berwickshire Railway St Boswells (Ravenswood Junction) to Duns (excluded) is closed to passengers. The Langton Burn Bridge, between Duns and Greenlaw, is washed away and the track is left hanging, bridging the gap. Due to this flood damage Greenlaw to Duns is closed to all traffic. St Boswells to Reston via Duns ceases to be a through route. |
| 01/08/1949 | Dunse Branch (North British Railway) Re-opened from Duns to Reston following flood damage in 1948. |
| 10/09/1951 | Dunse Branch (North British Railway) Duns to Reston closed to passengers. |
| /06/2011 | North British Railway Consultants report recommends re-opening Reston station as part of improvements to the Edinburgh-Newcastle service. |
| 23/05/2022 | North British Railway Reston station opened, just to the south east of the site of Reston [1st]. |
| 23/05/2022 | North British Railway First trains call at Reston. |
| 28/07/2022 | North British Railway Reston official opening. |
