The Jedburgh Railway was a single-track branch railway in the
Borders
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, built by the
Jedburgh Railway Company. It ran from a point south of on the
Kelso Line
The Kelso Line was a long North British Railway built double track branch railway line in the Borders, Scotland, that ran from a junction south of on the Waverley Line to (the line ended at a temporary terminus at until 1851) via three in ...
to via three intermediate stations, , and .
History
![Bridge Pontoon from the old Roxburgh to Jedburgh Railway - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bridge_Pontoon_from_the_old_Roxburgh_to_Jedburgh_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1455335.jpg)
Authorised in 1855, the line was opened in July of the next year. It was run 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 ...
from its opening and was absorbed by that company in 1860. The line closed to passengers on 13 August 1948, the day after large-scale flooding took out the bridge over the
Teviot at
Nisbet. The line closed to freight on 10 August 1964.
The track where the rails lay is now part of the Borders Abbeys Way walking route.
See also
The Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines
The Railway of Kelso and Jedburgh branch lines was a 'network' of three distinct railway services serving Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
The first of these was a branch of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, departing from a junction at Tweed ...
References
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External links
The line on RailScot
Closed railway lines in Scotland
North British Railway
Pre-grouping British railway companies
Railway lines opened in 1856