Selkirk Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Selkirk Junction (1856-1966)Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).
Opened on the Selkirk and Galashiels Railway.
Description
This junction faced Galashiels. Here the single track Selkirk branch, after crossing a viaduct, met the Waverley Route. The branch doubled just before the junction.
To the south, on the branch, lines served the Galashiels Gas Works on the east side (approached from both north and south) and a line ran west to the Netherdale Mill. This latter line also served the Electricity Works.
The junction came under control of Galashiels' new signal box in 1937 with the resignalling of the area.
The branch closed in 1964, the gas siding lasting until 1966. The main line closed in 1969.
Tags
Junction03/06/2019
| Nearby stations Galashiels [1st] Tweedbank Galashiels Abbotsford Ferry [2nd] Abbotsford Ferry [1st] Melrose Lindean Clovenfords Newstead [Melrose] Bowland Angling Club Cottage Earlston Selkirk St Boswells Charlesfield Halt | Galashiels and District Electric Supply Co Netherdale Mill Galashiels Gas Board Siding Redbridge Viaduct Gala Mill Galashiels Shed Tweedbank Junction Galashiels Goods Paterson^s No 1 Siding Ladhope Tunnel Paterson^s No 2 Siding Tourist/other Abbots Ford Galashiels South Signal Box Abbotsford Galashiels North Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 05/04/1856 | Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Line opened from Selkirk Junction to Selkirk. |
| 10/09/1951 | Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Selkirk to Galashiels (Selkirk Junction) closed to passengers. |
| 03/10/1966 | Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Netherdale Siding to Selkirk Junction closed to freight. |
