Broughton railway station served the village of

Broughton, Scottish Borders Broughton is a village in Tweeddale in the historical county of Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders council area, in the south of Scotland, in the civil parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho and Upper Tweed Community Council. Broughton is ...

, Scotland from 1860 to 1950 on the

Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway The Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway was a railway company in southern Scotland. It built a line connecting Biggar, and later Peebles, to the main line railway at Symington. It was taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1861, and was c ...

and

Talla Railway The Talla Railway was a privately constructed railway line in southern Scotland. It was built 1895-97 to aid the construction of the Talla Reservoir, to serve the water demand of Edinburgh. The railway was about long, running south from a conne ...

History

The first site of the station opened on 6 November 1860 by the

. It wasn't intended to be open for long due to the extension of the line being planned. It closed in 1864 and was replaced by a goods yard with two sidings and a goods shed. To the north was an abattoir which was connected to one of the sidings. The station was relocated to the south and rebuilt in the same year. A signal box opened 1891 at the west end of the westbound platform which was added later. The second station initially had only one platform but a second and a third were added in 1895. The station closed to passengers on 5 June 1950M E Quick, ''Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology'', The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 94 but it remained open for goods. The line to the west closed in 1954 but the station remained open to serve the abattoir until 1966 when the line closed completely.

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Disused railway stations in the Scottish Borders Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1860 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1950 1860 establishments in Scotland 1950 disestablishments in Scotland Former Caledonian Railway stations {{Borders-railstation-stub