Stow railway station

Stow
Location
Place	Stow of Wedale
Local authority	Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55°41′31″N 2°52′01″W / 55.692°N 2.867°W / 55.692; -2.867Coordinates: 55°41′31″N 2°52′01″W / 55.692°N 2.867°W / 55.692; -2.867
Grid reference	NT456446
Operations
Station code	SOI
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2015/16	39,656
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 November 1848	Station opened
6 January 1969	Station closed
6 September 2015	Station reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stow from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stow railway station /ˈstaʊ/ serves the village of Stow of Wedale in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was reopened as part of the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels. It is the nearest station to the town of Lauder. Stow is the only station on the new Borders Railway at which not all services stop.^[1]

History

The original station at Stow was opened by the North British Railway on 1 November 1848. Some timetables described the station as Stow for Lauder. It was closed by British Rail on 6 January 1969.^[2]

Reconstruction

Stow station (and the line) reopened on 6 September 2015.^[3] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gorebridge		Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway		Galashiels
	Historical railways
Fountainhall Line open, station closed		North British Railway Waverley Route		Bowland Line open, station closed

References

External links

• Borders Railway