Saughtree Railway Station
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Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.
History
Saughtree railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. Services to the station were never frequent, due to its remote location (the nearest settlement being a mile distant) – only a single train each way was timetabled to call on Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays, to allow the handful of regular passengers to travel to Hawick to shop. The service was suspended altogether on 1 December 1944 as a wartime economy measure, eventually being reinstated in August 1948.
The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in October 1956 and completely two years later. The station had a single platform, a stone-built station building, and a siding.
The station building and platform have been restored and 400 yards of new track laid.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riccarton Junction | London and North Eastern Railway Border Counties Railway |
Deadwater |
References
- ^ "Disused Stations - Saughtree"Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 17 May 2016
- ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 379. OCLC 931112387.