RAILSCOT | Whitrope Summit

Place

Whitrope Summit (1862-1969)
Whitrope Summit (2003-)

Where: Scottish Borders, Scotland
Opened on the Border Union Railway (North British Railway).

This was a summit of the Border Union Railway (North British Railway) at 970 ft.

It was just south of Whitrope Tunnel and just north of Whitrope Siding.

Whitrope Summit was the summit of a climb which, from the north, started at Hawick [2nd] (11 miles north) and, from the south, began at Newcastleton (10 miles south).

The Waverley Route Heritage Association have reinstated a portion of the line here. Waverley Route Heritage Association

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Nearby stations Whitrope Siding Riccarton Junction Saughtree Shankend Steele Road Deadwater Stobs Stobs Camp Kielder Forest Newcastleton Hawick [1st] Hawick [2nd] Lewiefield Halt Plashetts Kershopefoot	Whitrope Culvert Whitrope Tunnel Laidlehope Culvert Riccarton Railway Village Riccarton Shed [1st] Riccarton Workshops Riccarton Shed [2nd] Catscleuch Culvert Dawstonburn Viaduct Shankend Viaduct White Hill Quarry Siding White Hill Quarry Thorlieshope Lime Quarry Primrose Cottage Tourist/other Hermitage Castle
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.