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Railway station in Scottish Borders, Scotland

Galashiels

General information

Location

Galashiels, Scottish Borders
Scotland

Coordinates

55°37′04″N 2°48′20″W / 55.6178113°N 2.8054719°W / 55.6178113; -2.8054719

Owned by

Managed by

Platforms

Other information

Station code

GAL

History

Original company

Edinburgh and Hawick Railway

Pre-grouping

North British Railway

Post-grouping

Key dates

20 February 1849

Opened

5 January 1969

Closed

6 September 2015

Reopened at a different site

Passengers

2019/20

0.328 million

2020/21

37,486

2021/22

0.187 million

2022/23

0.269 million

2023/24

0.320 million

Location
GalashielsLocation in Scottish Borders, Scotland

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 33 miles 22 chains (54 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.

History

The station was opened on 20 February 1849 by the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, which later became known as the Waverley Route. The line was nicknamed after the popular Waverley Novels, written by Sir Walter Scott.

Upon completion on 1 July 1862, the line ran from Carlisle to Edinburgh Waverley via Hawick, covering a distance of 98+1⁄4 miles (158 km). The station, along with the line, was closed by British Rail on 5 January 1969.

Following the opening of the Borders Railway on 6 September 2015, the line was extended 30 miles 60 chains (49 km) south-east from Newcraighall to Tweedbank. The current station is located slightly to the north of the original.

Services

Borders Railway

(including Edinburgh Crossrail)

						Fife Circle Line
						North Clyde Line
					Edinburgh Park
					South Gyle

					Haymarket
					Edinburgh Waverley
					Brunstane
					Newcraighall
					Shawfair
					Eskbank
					Newtongrange
					Gorebridge
					Stow
					Galashiels
					Tweedbank

As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank, with a half-hourly service operating at peak times (Monday to Saturday). Some peak time trains continue to Glenrothes with Thornton. All services are operated by ScotRail.

Rolling stock used: Class 158 Express Sprinter and Class 170 Turbostar

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Stow		ScotRail Borders Railway	Tweedbank
	Historical railways
Bowland		North British Railway Waverley Route	Melrose
	Disused railways
Clovenfords		North British Railway Peebles Railway	Terminus
Terminus		North British Railway Selkirk and Galashiels Railway	Abbotsford Ferry

References

^ Quick 2022, p. 201.
Caplan (1985), p. 5.
Thomas (1969), p. 96.
Thomas (1981), p. 60.
"Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
"Train times: Edinburgh – Newcraighall – Tweedbank / Dùn Èideann – Talla na Creige Nuadh – Bruach Thuaidh" (PDF). ScotRail. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

Sources

Caplan, Neil (1985). The Waverley Route. Railway World Special. Weybridge: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1541-4.
Quick, Michael (2022) . Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
Thomas, John (1969). The North British Railway. Vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4697-0.
Thomas, John (1981) . Scotland. Forgotten Railways. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8193-8.

External links

Media related to Galashiels railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Train times and station information for Galashiels railway station from National Rail

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