Disused Scottish stations and railways 2015-2022

Some of the disused stations and lines I came across on various holidays in Scotland between those years, thanks to the generous hospitality of my friend Paul in Edinburgh.
David Bosher

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<h4><a href='/locations/E/Eskbank_and_Dalkeith'>Eskbank and Dalkeith</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Dalkeith_Railway'>Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway</a></small></p><p>Having left King's Cross before dawn on a freezing winter morning, a UK Railtours excursion behind 66003 to Tweedbank on the new Borders Line hurries south past the former Eskbank and Dalkeith station, on the afternoon of 30th December 2015. The station closed with the Waverley Route on 6th January 1969. Just over three months before this excursion, the first 30 miles of the old line south from Edinburgh were reopened on 6th September 2015 with a new station, called simply Eskbank, on a site south of this original. The campaign to continue rebuilding the line (which should never have closed in the first place) from Tweedbank towards Carlisle, and bring trains back to Hawick, continues. 1/40</p><p>30/12/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Melrose'>Melrose</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway'>Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>Surviving British Railways Scottish Region running-in board at the former Melrose station, on the as yet un-restored section of the former Waverley Route that was senselessly closed on 6th January 1969 despite widespread protests. Seen here slumbering quietly in the afternoon sunshine of Sunday, 15th May 2016. 2/40</p><p>15/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Melrose'>Melrose</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway'>Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>The one remaining platform at Melrose station on the Waverley Route, nonsensically closed on 6th January 1969, seen here looking south on 15th May 2016. 3/40</p><p>15/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Melrose'>Melrose</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh_and_Hawick_Railway_North_British_Railway'>Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>The sad remains of the once splendid Melrose station, closed with the entire Waverley Route from Carlisle to Edinburgh Waverley on 6th January 1969, to widespread local opposition and protests, seen here on 15th May 2016. A second platform once stood on the left but was demolished - it would be - to make way for the Melrose road bypass. Given that there is ample room to lay a single track at this remaining platform, I am at a loss to understand why the new Borders Line was not continued on to here, especially as Melrose is a delightful Borders town and, with its ruined Abbey, a tourist spot in its own right. Plus its just a short distance from Tweedbank too. 4/40</p><p>15/05/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Broomhill_Junction'>Broomhill Junction</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/I/Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway'>Inverness and Perth Junction Railway</a></small></p><p>Disused embankment of the former GNoSR Speyside Line from Boat of Garten to Craigellachie, closed in 1965. Seen from Strathspey Railway train to the north of Boat of Garten on 20th July 2017. 5/40</p><p>20/07/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Colinton_Tunnel'>Colinton Tunnel</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/B/Balerno_Branch_Caledonian_Railway'>Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway)</a></small></p><p>Interior of Colinton Tunnel on the former Balerno branch in Edinburgh, now an official footpath, looking north on 11th September 2017. This line was opened on 1st August 1874 with the last passenger train running on 1st November 1943 although official closure to passengers was not until 1st June 1949. Freight trains continued (with some enthusiasts' specials also occasionally traversing the line) until complete closure on 4th December 1967. 6/40</p><p>11/09/2017<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Morningside_Road'>Morningside Road</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh,_Suburban_and_Southside_Junction_Railway'>Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway</a></small></p><p>Site of Morningside Road station platforms, Edinburgh South Suburban Line, closed 1962, looking west on 22nd February 2018. 7/40</p><p>22/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Morningside_Road'>Morningside Road</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh,_Suburban_and_Southside_Junction_Railway'>Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway</a></small></p><p>Former Morningside Road station entrance, Edinburgh South Suburban Line, closed 1962, now a newsagents, on 22nd February 2018. 8/40</p><p>22/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Viaduct'>Neidpath Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Extension_Railway_Caledonian_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Extension Railway (Caledonian Railway)</a></small></p><p>Trackbed of former Symington to Peebles line, to the west of Neidpath Viaduct, looking towards Peebles on 23rd February 2018. 9/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Viaduct'>Neidpath Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>The former Neidpath Viaduct across the River Tweed, and a solitary fisherman, on 22nd February 2018. 10/40</p><p>22/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Viaduct'>Neidpath Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>The former Neidpath Viaduct across the River Tweed, now a footpath, looking east towards Peebles on 23rd February 2018. 11/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Viaduct'>Neidpath Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>The west end of the former Neidpath Viaduct, on the Peebles to Symington line. The line closed to passengers in 1950 and this section to freight in 1954. This view is looking east towards Peebles on 23rd February 2018. 12/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Viaduct'>Neidpath Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>Former Neidpath Viaduct, now a footpath, looking east towards Peebles on 23rd February 2018. 13/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Tunnel'>Neidpath Tunnel</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>West portal of Neidpath Tunnel, now an unofficial footpath, on 23rd February 2018. 14/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Tunnel'>Neidpath Tunnel</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>Inside Neidpath Tunnel, looking towards the eastern portal and Peebles on 23rd February 2018. Take some torches with you if you decide to walk all the way through it as my friends and I did! 15/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/N/Neidpath_Tunnel'>Neidpath Tunnel</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Symington,_Biggar_and_Broughton_Railway'>Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway</a></small></p><p>Looking west towards the eastern portal of Neidpath Tunnel on 23rd February 2018. 16/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/I/Innerleithen'>Innerleithen</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/G/Galashiels,_Innerleithen_and_Peebles_Railway_North_British_Railway'>Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>Former Innerleithen station on Peebles to Galashiels Line, closed 1962, looking east towards Galashiels on 23rd February 2018. 17/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Cardrona'>Cardrona</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/G/Galashiels,_Innerleithen_and_Peebles_Railway_North_British_Railway'>Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>The former Cardrona station on the Galashiels to Peebles section of the Peebles Loop, closed in 1962 and now a coffee house, seen here through the upstairs front windows of a bus from Innerleithen to Edinburgh on 23rd February 2018. 18/40</p><p>23/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/East_Linton_1st'>East Linton [1st]</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/N/North_British_Railway'>North British Railway</a></small></p><p>The former East Linton station, closed 4th May 1964, seen from the delayed ex-14.00 service from Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross making an unscheduled stop due to heavy snow - the Beast from the East - on 28th February 2018. The train left Edinburgh nearly an hour late and at the time it should have been back at King's Cross was still sitting in Alnmouth station. The train was then terminated at Newcastle, everyone had to change to another train and it was standing room only all the way to York. We eventually arrived in London at 01.17 on 1st March but free taxis were laid on to get people home and the taxi marshalls did an excellent job cyphoning passengers into cabs going in the same direction as their homes. The roads were treacherous and it took nearly an hour just to get to my home in north London where I arrived just after 2 a.m.; one gentleman wanted to go all the way to Chingford, goodness knows what time he got home. 19/40</p><p>28/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/T/Trinity_Tunnel'>Trinity Tunnel</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/E/Edinburgh,_Leith_and_Newhaven_Railway'>Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway</a></small></p><p>The southern portal of Trinity Tunnel on the former branch to Granton Harbour on Edinburgh's north side, closed to passengers in November 1925 and freight in January 1986, now a footpath and cycleway, seen here on 25th February 2018. 20/40</p><p>25/02/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/L/Leith_Central'>Leith Central</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/L/Leith_Central_Branch_North_British_Railway'>Leith Central Branch (North British Railway)</a></small></p><p>The former Leith Central station, closed to passengers in 1952. It later served as a diesel unit depot but is now abandoned, seen here on 21st May 2018. 21/40</p><p>21/05/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/L/Lochee'>Lochee</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Dundee_and_Newtyle_Deviations_Dundee_and_Perth_Railway'>Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)</a></small></p><p>Remains of rail bridge across road at Lochee in a suburb of Dundee, on 26th September 2018. 22/40</p><p>26/09/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/L/Lochee'>Lochee</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Dundee_and_Newtyle_Deviations_Dundee_and_Perth_Railway'>Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)</a></small></p><p>Remains of Lochee station on the now abandoned line from the former Dundee West station to Alyth Junction (on the Forfar line, closed 1967) and its onward connections on 26th September 2018. Lochee station closed when passenger services on the line were withdrawn in 1955 but the line through Lochee survived for goods traffic to Fairmuir and Maryfield yards until 1967. 23/40</p><p>26/09/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/L/Lochee'>Lochee</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Dundee_and_Newtyle_Deviations_Dundee_and_Perth_Railway'>Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)</a></small></p><p>Remains of Lochee station in a suburb of Dundee, on 26th September 2018. This station was on the line from the former Dundee West station to Alyth Junction and was served by trains to Alyth and Blairgowrie that were withdrawn in 1955. The line remained open for goods through Lochee to yards at Fairmuir and Maryfield until 1967. (I am indebted to my friend Paul Harvey of Edinburgh for this information.) 24/40</p><p>26/09/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/L/Lochee'>Lochee</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/D/Dundee_and_Newtyle_Deviations_Dundee_and_Perth_Railway'>Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)</a></small></p><p>View along trackbed at Lochee, in a suburb of Dundee, towards the site of dismantled bridge across road (see also my photo, image no. 81115), on 26th September 2018. The remains of Lochee station, closed in 1955, are behind the camera. 25/40</p><p>26/09/2018<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/A/Aberfeldy'>Aberfeldy</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/A/Aberfeldy_Branch_Inverness_and_Perth_Junction_Railway'>Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway)</a></small></p><p>Bridge carrying old Highland Railway branch line from Ballinluig to Aberfeldy, which closed in 1965, seen just to the east of the site of the branch terminus, on 12th March 2019. The junction station at Ballinluig, on the Highland Railway main line from Perth to Inverness, also closed at the same time. 26/40</p><p>12/03/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/G/Glen_Ogle_Viaduct'>Glen Ogle Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/C/Callander_and_Oban_Railway'>Callander and Oban Railway</a></small></p><p>Remains of Glen Ogle viaduct on the one-time Callander & Oban line, closed in 1965, seen from bus from Killin to Callander, on the afternoon of 13th March 2019. 27/40</p><p>13/03/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/K/Killin_2nd'>Killin [2nd]</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/K/Killin_Railway'>Killin Railway</a></small></p><p>The site of the small goods yard at Killin (on left), closed in 1965, looking north along the trackbed towards Loch Tay, on 13th March 2019. Now a council-run depot with no visible signs of the railway. This view, with the station site behind the camera, is a very sad comparison with historical pics of Killin station when the line was running. 28/40</p><p>13/03/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/K/Killin_Viaduct'>Killin Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/K/Killin_Railway'>Killin Railway</a></small></p><p>View looking north-east from just past the site of Killin station towards Loch Tay, on 13th March 2019. Though Killin remained open until 1965, served from Killin Junction on the Callendar & Oban Line that closed at the same time, the section of line from Killin to Loch Tay lost its passenger service in 1939 but the line was retained until the end of the Killin service to give access to the locomotive shed at Loch Tay. 29/40</p><p>13/03/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/Elgin_East'>Elgin East</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Morayshire_Railway'>Morayshire Railway</a></small></p><p>Exterior of the disused Elgin East station, opened in 1852, closed in 1968, on 15th June 2019. The main building is now in use as offices. 30/40</p><p>15/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/E/Elgin_East'>Elgin East</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Morayshire_Railway'>Morayshire Railway</a></small></p><p>The disused Elgin East station, opened 1852, closed 1968, on 15th June 2019. 31/40</p><p>15/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/B/Buckpool'>Buckpool</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Moray_Coast_Railway_Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway'>Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)</a></small></p><p>Dismantled bridge on former Moray coast line at Buckpool, just west of Buckie, on 15th June 2019. The line here opened on 1st May 1886 along with Nether Buckie station that was renamed Buckpool on 1st January 1887. The station closed on 7th March 1960, ahead of the complete closure of the line on 6th May 1968 as a result of the Beeching cuts. 32/40</p><p>15/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Cullen_Burn_Viaduct'>Cullen Burn Viaduct</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Moray_Coast_Railway_Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway'>Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway)</a></small></p><p>The old Moray coast line at Cullen, opened in 1886 and closed in 1968, on 15th June 2019. What a magnificent ride by train this route must have been. 33/40</p><p>15/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/P/Portsoy_Harbour'>Portsoy Harbour</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/B/Banff,_Portsoy_and_Strathisla_Railway'>Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway</a></small></p><p>The trackbed of the Portsoy Harbour branch, on 15th June 2019. 34/40</p><p>15/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/P/Portsoy_Harbour'>Portsoy Harbour</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/B/Banff,_Portsoy_and_Strathisla_Railway'>Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway</a></small></p><p>The top of the former Portsoy Harbour branch, looking down the slight incline towards the harbour, on 15th June 2019. 35/40</p><p>15/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/S/Strathpeffer_2nd'>Strathpeffer [2nd]</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/S/Strathpeffer_Branch_Highland_Railway'>Strathpeffer Branch (Highland Railway)</a></small></p><p>The fully restored ex-Highland Railway station at Strathpeffer, dating from 1885, on 18th June 2019. Closed to passengers in 1946 and completely in 1951, the restoration houses a cafe, a tourist office and the Highland Childhood Museum while the former telegraph office is now a bookshop. All this but, alas, no trains. The trackbed east to Dingwall seems to be in a reasonable condition, a narrow gauge tourist steam railway on the trackbed for a mile or two would be a nice idea. 36/40</p><p>19/06/2019<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/C/Craigleith'>Craigleith</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/G/Granton_Branch_Caledonian_Railway'>Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)</a></small></p><p>Remains of the southbound platform at Craigleith station - the northbound is buried in the undergrowth on the left - looking north, on 13th August 2021. This was on the Caledonian Railway's branch to Leith North and Granton, closed in 1962 and now the Roseburn Path. 37/40</p><p>13/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Murrayfield'>Murrayfield</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/G/Granton_Branch_Caledonian_Railway'>Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)</a></small></p><p>Bridge carrying the Caledonian Railway's former Leith North and Granton branch, closed in 1962, over the main Edinburgh to Corstorphine road, looking south from just beyond the remains of the former Murrayfield station on 13th August 2021. This is now the Roseburn Path, a foot and cycleway. David Spaven and Bill Roberton met up with Paul and I and accompanied us on this old railway walk, as well as stopping off for lunch in a great pub in Roseburn! 38/40</p><p>13/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/M/Murrayfield'>Murrayfield</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/G/Granton_Branch_Caledonian_Railway'>Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)</a></small></p><p>Remains of the southbound platform at the former Murrayfield station, on the Caledonian Railway's branch to Leith North and Granton, closed in 1962 and now the Roseburn Path foot and cycleway, looking south on 13th August 2021. The platform has been cut into by a new footpath from surrounding houses to the Roseburn Path. A great route for revival as part of the Edinburgh Trams system, perhaps? 39/40</p><p>13/08/2021<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p> <h4><a href='/locations/F/Fort_William_1st'>Fort William [1st]</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/W/West_Highland_Railway'>West Highland Railway</a></small></p><p>Looking towards the site of the original Fort William station, closed and demolished in 1975 to make way for the A82 road to act as a diversion for the High Street, which was then pedestrianised. It was replaced by a new station 700 yards to the north which has no architectural merit whatsoever. 40/40</p><p>09/09/2022<br><small><a href='/contributors/David_Bosher'>David Bosher</a></small></p>
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