Date: 17/04/2023

A campaign for a railway station to return to East Lothian is gathering pace. Calls have repeatedly been made for a station to service Haddington and the surrounding villages. Now a steering group has been launched in a bid for passengers to step onto a train in Haddington for the first time since 1949.

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Naturally there were no trains running between Haddington and Gullane this morning (being a Boxing Day Bank Holiday) which meant that any eejit arriving without having checked his timetable expecting to catch a train would be forced to make alternative arrangements. Herewith one such unfortunate example preparing to set out on foot. View is west along the platform on 26 December 2019... with a Merry Christmas from Railscot... and a happy New Year!
Location: Haddington
Company: North British Railway
26/12/2019 John Furnevel

Looking north across Station Road, Haddington towards the station site on Boxing Day 2019. The covered access stairway to the high level platform was located beyond the shrubbery on the left, while the former carriage entrance opposite gives access to what is now Haddington Station Gardens. Note the railway-themed ornamental metalwork incorporated within the fencing along the front of the gardens. Haddington station closed to passengers in December 1949, with complete closure of the branch from Longniddry taking place in 1968.
Location: Haddington
Company: North British Railway
26/12/2019 John Furnevel

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