Saughtree railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Saughtree |
| Area | Roxburghshire |
| Grid reference | NY564981 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Border Counties Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London and North Eastern Railway North Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1862 | Station opened |
| 1 December 1944 | Station closed to passengers |
| 23 August 1948 | Station reopens to passengers |
| 15 October 1956 | Station closed to passengers |
| 1 September 1958 | Station closed to freight |
| 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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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.
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.
Coordinates: 55°16′29″N 2°41′13″W / 55.2748°N 2.6869°W
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