Stow railway station

Stow railway station /ˈstaʊ/ serves the village of Stow of Wedale in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was reopened as part of the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels. It is the nearest station to the town of Lauder. Stow is the only station on the new Borders Railway at which not all services stop.[1]

Stow
Location	Stow of Wedale, Scottish Borders Scotland
Coordinates	55.692°N 2.867°W
Grid reference	NT456446
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOI
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1848	Opened
6 January 1969	Closed
6 September 2015	Reopened
Passengers
2015/16	39,656
2016/17	67,474
2017/18	69,834
2018/19	71,222
2019/20	70,698
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The original station at Stow was opened by the North British Railway on 1 November 1848. Some timetables described the station as Stow for Lauder. It was closed by British Rail on 6 January 1969.[2]

Stow station (and the line) reopened on 6 September 2015.[3] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall. The station is 26 miles 45 chains (42.7 km) from Edinburgh Waverley (measured via Brunstane), and has two platforms which can each accommodate an eight-coach train.[4]

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
4. Kelman, Leanne (December 2017) [1987]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 11E. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.

External links

• Borders Railway