Lauder railway station

Lauder railway station served the town of Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland, from 1901 to 1958 on the Lauder Light Railway.

Lauder
Location	Lauder, Berwickshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.724°N 2.7598°W
Grid reference	NT523481
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Lauder Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Lauder Light Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
2 July 1901	Opened
12 September 1932	Closed to passengers
1 October 1958	Closed to goods

History

The station opened on 2 July 1901 by the Lauder Light Railway. It was situated at the end of a short road on the A68. There were no lights leading up to the station on the road, which was an issue for people trying to find it in the dark. Despite this, the road nor the station never had lights installed due to the high cost at the time. Like Oxton, there was no signal box; it only had a ground frame. The goods yard had two sidings, which was to the east. On the east side of this was the goods shed, which wasn't served by rail. Nearby was a locomotive shed with one road. The station closed to passengers on 12 September 1932[1] but stayed open to goods. The locomotive shed was closed and quickly demolished. A food and flour depot with two sheds were built to the west during the Second World War, served by a siding to the north of it. The station closed to goods on 1 October 1958.[2] The goods shed survived until the 1970s but the sheds near the former food depot remain.[3]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Disused Stations: Lauder Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
3. "RAILSCOT - Lauder". Railscot. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Oxton Line and station closed		Lauder Light Railway		Terminus