Sheriffhall railway station

Sheriffhall railway station served the village of Sheriffhall, Dalkeith, Scotland, from 1844 to 1849 on the Waverley Route.

Sheriffhall
Location	Sheriffhall, Midlothian Scotland
Coordinates	55.898293°N 3.086699°W
Grid reference	NT321677
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway North British Railway
Key dates
March 1844	Opened
1849	Closed

History

The station was opened in March 1844 by the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.[1] The station may have opened before, but information on the intermediate timetable was very vague.[2] The station was situated under the A68 bridge and Sheriffhall. The station had a very short lifespan; it was only open for 5 years and it closed down once the North British Railway had taken over the line.

The site today

The rebuilt section of the A6106 between Millerhill and Sheriffhall was opened on 30 March 2015, which means that a new railway, called the Borders Railway, can be opened parallel to the section of the road. The Borders Railway involves 30 miles of a new track with ten stops, 7 being new stations.[3]

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 363. OCLC 931112387.
2. "Disused Stations - Sheriffhall". Disused Stations. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
3. "REBUILT A6106 BETWEEN MILLERHILL & SHERIFFHALL OPENS". Borders Railway. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Millerhill Line closed, station closed		North British Railway Waverley Route		Glenesk Line open, station closed