Peebles Railway

Legend

						Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
					Eskbank and Dalkeith
					Hardengreen Junction
						Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
						Esk Valley Railway
					Bonnyrigg
					Rosewell and Hawthornden
					Hawthornden Junction
						Penicuik Railway
					Rosslynlee
					Rosslynlee Hospital Halt
					Pomathorn Halt
					Leadburn
						Leadburn, Linton & Dolphinton Rly
					Earlyvale Gate
					Eddleston
					Peebles (Old)
					Peebles (New)
					Peebles (West)
						Symington, Biggar & Broughton Rly
					Cardrona
					Innerleithen
					Walkerburn
					Thornielee
					Angling Club Cottage Platform
					Clovenfords
						Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
					Kilnknowe Junction
					Galashiels
						Selkirk and Galashiels Railway
						Edinburgh and Hawick Railway

The Peebles Railway was Peebles Railway Company built single and twin track branch railway line in Midlothian, Scotland, that ran from Hardengreen Junction on the North British Railway line from Edinburgh to Carlisle near Eskbank to Kilnknowe Junction near Galashiels on the same line.

Railway stations

Intermediate stations were: Bonnyrigg, Rosewell and Hawthornden, Rosslynlee, Rosslynlee Hospital Halt, Pomathorn, Leadburn, Earlyvale Gate, Eddleston, Peebles (Peebles (Old) and Peebles (New)), Cardrona, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Thornielee, and Clovenfords.^[1] There was a private halt called Angling Club Cottage Platform for the members of the Edinburgh Angling Club between the last two stations.^[2]

History

Opening

Authorised in by Parliament on 8 July 1853 with work starting on 9 August 1853 the line was built and opened in stages. The section from Hardengreen Junction to Peebles (Old) opening on 29 May 1855, the Peebles to Innerleithen section on 10 October 1864, and the remaining line by 18 June 1866. On 1 October 1864 the original Peebles (Old) station was closed becoming a goods depot to be replaced by a Peebles (New).

Ownership changes

The line was absorbed into the North British Railway on 13 July 1876 in accordance with the 1876 North British Railway (Additional Powers) Act, and North British Railway in turn became part of the London and North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1923 under 'grouping'. The line was later nationalised in 1948.

Closure

On 5 February 1962 the line south of Hawthornden Junction near Rosewell and Hawthornden was closed to traffic, and the track lifted. The remaining line stayed open to passengers until 10 September 1962, and for freight until 27 March 1967.

The route today

The section between Hardengreen Junction and Rosewell and Hawthornden continues as a cycleway.^[3]

References

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Primary companies	Caledonian Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway Great North of Scotland Railway Highland Railway North British Railway
Caledonian Railway	Aberdeen Railway Alloa Railway Alyth Arbroath and Forfar Busby Railway Cathcart District Clydesdale Junction Crieff Junction Crieff and Comrie Crieff and Methven Junction Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Dunblane, Doune and Callander Dundee and Perth Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Forfar and Brechin General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Greenock and Wemyss Bay Hamilton and Strathaven Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Leadhills and Wanlockhead Lesmahagow Railway Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie Paisley and Barrhead District Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Polloc and Govan Rutherglen and Coatbridge Scottish Central Scottish Midland Junction Scottish North Eastern Solway Junction Symington, Biggar and Broughton Talla Railway Wishaw and Coltness Lines built by the Caledonian Railway Balerno line CR Cleland and Midcalder CR Main Line CR Douglas Branch CR Hamilton Branch CR Hamiltonhill Branch CR The Switchback Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway Callander and Oban Killin Railway
Glasgow and South Western Railway	Ardrossan Railway Ardrossan and Johnstone Ayr and Dalmellington Ayr and Maybole Junction Ayr to Mauchline Ayrshire and Wigtownshire Barrhead Branch Bridge of Weir Railway Cairn Valley Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Castle Douglas and Dumfries Dalry and North Johnstone Darvel Branch Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Greenock and Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Troon Largs Branch Maidens and Dunure Maybole and Girvan Paisley and Renfrew Paisley Canal Line
Great North of Scotland Railway	Aberdeen and Turriff Aboyne and Braemar Alford Valley Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Boddam Branch Deeside Denburn Valley Formartine and Buchan Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Keith and Dufftown Moray Coast Morayshire St Combs Light Railway Strathspey Railway
Highland Railway	Buckie and Portessie Branch Dingwall and Skye Duke of Sutherland Findhorn Railway Fortrose Branch Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Inverness and Aviemore Direct Inverness and Nairn Inverness and Perth Junction Inverness and Ross-shire Kyle of Lochalsh Extension Perth and Dunkeld Sutherland and Caithness Sutherland Railway Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway Dornoch Light Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway
North British Railway	Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Anstruther and St Andrews Railway Ballochney Bathgate and Coatbridge Blane Valley Border Counties Railway Border Union Railway Campsie Branch Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company Charlestown Railway and Harbour Company Coatbridge Branch Devon Valley Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry East of Fife Railway Edinburgh and Bathgate Edinburgh and Dalkeith Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Hawick Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Esk Valley Eyemouth Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Forth and Clyde Junction Gifford and Garvald Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Glasgow City and District Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Kelvin Valley Railway Kincardine Line Kinross-shire Railway Kirkcaldy and District Railway Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Leven Railway Leven and East of Fife Railway Macmerry Branch Monkland and Kirkintilloch Monkland Railways Montrose and Bervie Mallaig Extension Newburgh and North Fife Railway (worked by NBR) Newport Railway North Berwick Branch North British, Arbroath and Montrose Peebles Railway The St. Andrews Railway Stirling and Dunfermline Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Slamannan Slamannan and Borrowstounness Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway West Highland Railway West of Fife Mineral Railway Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness
Joint lines	Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction City Union Dundee and Arbroath Darvel and Strathaven Glasgow and Paisley Joint Glasgow and Renfrew District Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
Other lines	Brechin and Edzell District Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway Dundee and Arbroath Hagdale Chromate Railway Invergarry and Fort Augustus Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway Lochaber Narrow Gauge Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway Skye Marble Railway Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway