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  | |
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| 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]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorebridge | Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway |
Galashiels | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Fountainhall Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Waverley Route |
Bowland Line open, station closed | ||
References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
- 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.