Eskbank railway station
Eskbank railway station (Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Easg,[1] code EKB) is a station serving the Eskbank area of the town of Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It reopened on the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels. There is a half-hourly service to Tweedbank. It is approximately a mile from Dalkeith town centre. Car parking space is available for 248 cars and also cycle storage space.[3]
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| Location | Eskbank, Dalkeith, Midlothian Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.883°N 3.083°W |
| Grid reference | NT323660 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | EKB |
| Key dates | |
| July 1849 | Opened as Gallowshall |
| October 1850 | Renamed Eskbank & Dalkeith[2] |
| 6 January 1969 | Closed |
| 6 September 2015 | Reopened as Eskbank on New Site |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 | 0.128 million[note 1] |
| 2016/17 |  0.275 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.339 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.367 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.365 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station sits approximately 12.5 km from Waverley and 43.5 km from Tweedbank,[4] and lies close to the towns of Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith.
The original Eskbank and Dalkeith railway station was previously closed (along with the Waverley Route) in 1969. The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall. The new station, further south than the original, opened on 6 September 2015.[5]
Notes
- The statistics only reflect six months of operation
References
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Disused Stations: Site Record, Eskbank and Dalkeith, updated 18 May 1997, accessed 22 October 2018
- ScotRail, Eskbank, accessed 22 October 2018
- "Eskbank". Transport Scotland. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
External links
- Borders Railway
- Eskbank Station (Transport Scotland)
- Video footage of Eskbank railway station
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawfair | Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway |
Newtongrange | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Glenesk Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Waverley Route |
Dalhousie Line open, station closed | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | North British Railway Macmerry Branch |
Smeaton Line and station closed | ||
| Crossgatehall Halt Line and station closed | ||||
| Bonnyrigg Line and station closed |
North British Railway Peebles Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Broomieknowe Line and station closed |
North British Railway Esk Valley Railway |
Terminus | ||