Teviot Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Teviot Viaduct (1862-1969)Opened on the Border Union Railway (North British Railway).
Description
This gently curved six (five?) arch double track viaduct was south of Hawick [2nd] station, the platforms from which extended out over the River Teviot. The platform extensions were in timber, on a metal frame built out from the sides of the viaduct. The viaduct was 42 feet high.
Track survived until around 1971 and the structures remained intact until 1974.
The viaduct has been demolished but the foundations for the piers can be seen at low water.
Tags
Viaduct River TeviotExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Hawick [2nd] Hawick [1st] Stobs Camp Stobs Hassendean Shankend Belses Selkirk Whitrope Siding Charlesfield Halt Lindean Jedburgh Riccarton Junction St Boswells Jedfoot | Wilton Mill Hawick Shed Eastfield Mills Riversdale Mills Hawick Gas Works Loch Park Siding Weensland Mills Slitrig Viaduct Spoil Tip Stobs Camp Prison Barnes Viaduct Meldrum Destructor Tourist/other Hawick South Signal Box Hawick North Signal Box Stobs Military Camp |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
