Hawick railway station
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The site of Hawick station in 1998, now Teviot Leisure Centre
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| Location | |
| Place | Hawick |
| Area | Scottish Borders |
| Coordinates | 55°25′45″N 2°47′01″W / 55.4291°N 2.7836°WCoordinates: 55°25′45″N 2°47′01″W / 55.4291°N 2.7836°W |
| Grid reference | NT505153 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | North British Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | British Rail (Scottish Region) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 July 1862 | Station opened |
| 6 January 1969 | Station closed to passengers |
| 28 April 1969 | Station closed completely |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Hawick railway station was a railway station that served the town of Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1862 to 1969 on the Waverley Line.
The station opened on 1 July 1862 by the North British Railway. The station was situated on the north side of Mansfield Road. The goods yard had a large stone goods shed and two sidings running through it. On the north side of the goods shed were a further five sidings and a large dock. A private siding served Mansfield Gas Works. On 4 January 1969, two days before its closure to passengers, a group of protesters gathered on the platform, with a black coffin addressed to Richard Marsh, who was the Minister of Transport at the time. It was sent south by train. The last passenger service was a sleeper service from Edinburgh Waverley to London St Pancras. A lot of local people gathered to say farewell when it reached Hawick at 23:27. The station closed to goods traffic on 28 April 1969.
Hawick Engine Shed opened on 1 November 1849 and had a depot code of 64C. By 1948, the shed had an allocation of 26 locomotives. The shed closed on 3 January 1966, although it was still used as a booking-on point for train crews until the closure of the line.
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