Galashiels railway station
Galashiels railway station serves the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It reopened on 6 September 2015[1] as part of the Borders Railway, a project to run trains between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, a village on the outskirts of Galashiels.
Galashiels  | |
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| Location | Galashiels, Scottish Borders Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.6175°N 2.805°W |
| Grid reference | NT493361 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | GAL |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 November 1849 | Opened |
| 5 January 1969 | Closed |
| 6 September 2015 | Reopened on new site |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 | 0.214 million |
| 2016/17 |  0.346 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.356 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.360 million |
| 2019/20 |  0.328 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The original station was closed by British Rail in 1969, along with the rest of the Waverley Line. The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall opening on 6 September 2015; it is located slightly to the north of the original station.[2]
References
- Network Rail Timetable, May 2015
- "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
External links
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Stow or Gorebridge |
Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway |
Tweedbank | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Bowland Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Waverley Route |
Melrose Line partially open, station closed | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Clovenfords Line and station closed |
North British Railway Peebles Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | North British Railway Selkirk and Galashiels Railway |
Abbotsford Ferry Line and station closed | ||
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