Dirleton railway station

Dirleton

The building in the trees was once Dirleton Station.
Location
Place North Berwick
Area East Lothian
Coordinates 56°02′06″N 2°45′33″W / 56.03489°N 2.75905°WCoordinates: 56°02′06″N 2°45′33″W / 56.03489°N 2.75905°W
Operations
Original company North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
Platforms 1
History
17 June 1850 Opened
1 February 1954 Closed
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Dirleton railway station was a railway station on the North Berwick Branch of the North British Railway in East Lothian, Scotland. It was an intermediate station on the branch line from Drem.

History

Dirleton station was a small affair, with a single platform and two sidings on the south side of the line. There was no signalbox, and the siding points were controlled by a ground frame.

Dirleton station closed to passengers on 1 February 1954, with the goods yard surviving as an unstaffed public siding until 1 June 1959. The station house is now privately owned, and the station site is clearly visible from passing trains.

Although named for the village of Dirleton, the station was actually some distance away, approximately half way between Dirleton and Kingston. A plan to give Direlton a more convenient station was put forward by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway, which was founded in 1893. This company opened its line from Spittal (Aberlady Junction) near Longniddry to Gullane in 1898, but plans to extend it to join the North Berwick branch near Williamstown were never implemented.

Previous services

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Williamstown
Line open; Station closed
  North British Railway
North Berwick Branch
  Drem
Line and Station open

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