East Linton railway station

East Linton
Location
Place East Linton
Area East Lothian
Coordinates 55°59′08″N 2°39′28″W / 55.9856°N 2.6579°WCoordinates: 55°59′08″N 2°39′28″W / 55.9856°N 2.6579°W
Grid reference NT590771
Operations
Original company North British Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
22 June 1846 Station opened as Linton
December 1864 Renamed East Linton
4 May 1964 Station closed
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East Linton railway station served the town of East Linton in Scotland between 1846 and 1964. It was on the main line of the North British Railway.

History

The main line of the North British Railway, between Edinburgh (North Bridge) and Berwick-upon-Tweed, was authorised either on 4 July 1844[1] or on 19 July 1844,[2] and opened to the public on 22 June 1846.[3][1][4] One of the original stations was Linton, which was flanked by Drem towards Edinburgh and Dunbar towards Berwick.[5] The initial service was of five trains each way on weekdays, and two on Sundays.[3]

The main line ran roughly east-west through Linton.[6] East Fortune station, between Drem and Linton, opened c. 1849.[7] Linton station was renamed East Linton in December 1864.[7][4]

Facilities

In 1904 the station was able to handle all classes of traffic (goods, passengers, parcels, wheeled vehicles, livestock, etc.) and there was a goods crane capable of lifting 3 long tons (3,048 kg).[8]

Maps of the period show that East Linton station had platforms on both sides of the double-track main line which were linked by a footbridge; the station building was on the southern (westbound) platform; the goods yard with its crane was on the south side of the main line on the western side of the station. The maps also show long sidings each side of the line to the west of the station, a goods shed and weighing machine in the goods yard, a signal box opposite the goods shed and several signals.[9]

Decline and closure

Unlike Drem and Dunbar, both East Linton and East Fortune were listed for closure in the first Beeching report,[10] and duly closed on 4 May 1964.[7]

The future

Proposals to reopen the station, along with the former station at Reston, have received the backing of John Lamont MSP, who has taken the case to the Scottish Parliament.[11] A study published in 2013 proposed that East Linton and Reston stations be reopened.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Awdry 1990, p. 152.
  2. ↑ Ellis 1959, p. 5.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ellis 1959, p. 11.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Butt 1995, p. 143.
  5. ↑ Ellis 1959, p. 8.
  6. ↑ Conolly 1976, p. 31, section B1.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Butt 1995, p. 88.
  8. ↑ RCH 1970, p. 181.
  9. ↑ OS 1907.
  10. ↑ Beeching 1963, p. 123.
  11. ↑ BBC News 2012.
  12. ↑ BBC News 2013.

References

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Dunbar
Line and station open		   North British Railway
NBR Main Line		   East Fortune
Line open, station closed