Stobs railway station

Stobs
Location
Place	Barnes
Area	Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55°22′44″N 2°46′58″W / 55.3788°N 2.7827°W / 55.3788; -2.7827Coordinates: 55°22′44″N 2°46′58″W / 55.3788°N 2.7827°W / 55.3788; -2.7827
Grid reference	NT505097
Operations
Original company	Border Union Railway
Pre-grouping	Border Union Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (Scottish Region)
Platforms	2
History
1 July 1862 (1862-07-01)	Station opened as Barnes
September 1862	Station name changed to Stobs
6 January 1969 (1969-01-06)	Station closed to passengers and completely
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Stobs railway station was a railway station that served the hamlet of Barnes, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1862 to 1969 on the Border Union Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1862 by the Border Union Railway. The station was situated at the end of a short access road off an unnamed minor dead-end road to Barnes and west of the B6399. The station was originally called Barnes, but the name was changed to Stobs in September 1862. The station was busy during the First World War and the Second World War due to the site being close to Stobs army training camp. The camp opened in 1903 and closed in 1959. The goods yard consisted of a single siding behind the down platform and near a cattle dock. The station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt on 3 July 1961, although the suffix 'halt' never actually appeared in its name. The station closed to passengers and goods traffic on 6 January 1969.^[1]

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Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Hawick Line and station closed		North British Railway Border Union Railway		Shankend Line and station closed