Eyemouth railway station served the village of

Eyemouth Eyemouth ( sco, Heymooth) is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is east of the main north–south A1 road and north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The town's name comes from its location at th ...

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

, Scotland from 1891 to 1962 on the

Eyemouth Railway The Eyemouth Railway was a three-mile single track branch railway, connecting Eyemouth, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, with Burnmouth on the main line between Dunbar and Berwick-upon-Tweed. It was built by a local company, but they strugg ...

History

The station opened on 13 April 1891 by the

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

. The

Eye Water Eye Water is a river in the Scottish Borders, it flows in a general southeasterly direction from its source in the Lammermuir Hills to its estuary at Eyemouth on the east coast of Scotland, having a length of approximately .''"Ordnance Survey Ex ...

flooded on 12 August 1948, which caused the station to close the day after, although it reopened on 29 June 1949. It closed again, along with the branch, to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 February 1962.

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Disused railway stations in the Scottish Borders Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1891 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 1891 establishments in Scotland 1962 disestablishments in Scotland Eyemouth {{Borders-railstation-stub