RAILSCOT | Shankend Viaduct

Shankend Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Shankend Viaduct (1862-1969)

Opened on the Border Union Railway (North British Railway).

Description

This is an impressive disused double track fifteen arch masonry viaduct to the north of the former Shankend station. The viaduct is 597 ft long and 60 ft high.

This is an exposed moorland location and the viaduct is very much a local landmark.

The viaduct does not cross a major watercourse but the depression of the Langside Burn.

The viaduct is still railway property and is maintained, most recently by Railtrack around 2008. Repairs to the stonework have been made using brick on many occasions.

The ends of the viaduct are fenced off.

Engineer: Charles Jopp.

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map

Facilities

Listing: B

Nearby stations Shankend Stobs Stobs Camp Whitrope Siding Riccarton Junction Saughtree Hawick [2nd] Hawick [1st] Deadwater Steele Road Hassendean Kielder Forest Newcastleton Lewiefield Halt Belses	White Hill Quarry Siding White Hill Quarry Primrose Cottage Barnes Viaduct Meldrum Destructor Stobs Camp Prison Spoil Tip Whitrope Tunnel Whitrope Summit Whitrope Culvert Laidlehope Culvert Slitrig Viaduct Tourist/other Stobs Castle Stobs Camp Hospital Stobs Military Camp
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Chronology Dates

/11/2001	Border Union Railway (North British Railway) Shankend Viaduct repaired following cracks forming in arch no 3 (from south). Repairs funded by the Railway Heritage Trust.