Torwoodlee North Viaduct
Location type
BridgeNames and dates
Torwoodlee North Viaduct (1849-1969)Torwoodlee North Viaduct (2015-)
Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).
Description
This single track two span viaduct over the Gala Water is north of Torwoodlee Tunnel. It was rebuilt in 2015 using the rebuilt piers of the original double track viaduct here, closed in 1969. Between 1969 and 2015 the bridge girders were removed.
The viaduct is on the long single track section from Bowland Junction to the terminus at Tweedbank.
To the north a superb high three arch viaduct crosses over the trackbed, carrying a minor road.
Tags
Viaduct08/02/2020
| Nearby stations Galashiels Galashiels [1st] Clovenfords Bowland Angling Club Cottage Abbotsford Ferry [2nd] Abbotsford Ferry [1st] Tweedbank Thornielee Lindean Stow Melrose Selkirk Newstead [Melrose] Earlston | Torwoodlee Tunnel Torwoodlee South Viaduct Wheatlands Mill The Whin Bridge Kilnknowe Junction Bridge No 95 Comelybank Mill Galabank Mill Skin Works Siding Comelybank Works Paterson^s No 2 Siding Ladhope Tunnel Tourist/other Torwoodlee House Buckholm Tower Torwoodlee Broch |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
