Place Saughtree Grid reference NY564981 1862 Station opened Platforms in use 1 | Area Roxburghshire Pre-grouping North British Railway Original company Border Counties Railway | |
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Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways Similar Deadwater railway station, Border Counties Bridge, Riccarton Junction railway st, Reedsmouth railway station, Falstone railway station | ||
Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.
History
Saughtree railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. Services to the station were never frequent, due to its remote location (the nearest settlement being a mile distant) - only a single train each way was timetabled to call on Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays, to allow the handful of regular passengers to travel to Hawick to shop. The service was suspended altogether on 1 December 1944 as a wartime economy measure, eventually being reinstated in August 1948.
The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in October 1956 and completely two years later. The station had a single platform, a stone built station building, and a siding.
The station building and platform have been restored and 400 yards of new track laid.