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This article is about the railway station in the Scottish Borders. For the closed railway station in Norfolk, see Stow Bardolph railway station. For the closed railway station in Gloucestershire, see Stow-on-the-Wold railway station.

Stow
National Rail
General information
LocationStow of Wedale, Scottish Borders
Scotland
Coordinates55°41′31″N 2°52′01″W / 55.692°N 2.867°W / 55.692; -2.867
Grid referenceNT456446
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSOI
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1848Opened
6 January 1969Closed
6 September 2015Reopened
Passengers
2015/16 39,656
2016/17Increase 67,474
2017/18Increase 69,834
2018/19Increase 71,222
2019/20Decrease 70,698
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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]

Stow station (and the line) reopened on 6 September 2015.[3] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall. The station is 26 miles 45 chains (42.7 km) from Edinburgh Waverley (measured via Brunstane), and has two platforms which can each accommodate an eight-coach train.[4]

Preceding station National Rail 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

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. ^ "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ Kelman, Leanne (December 2017) [1987]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 11E. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.

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