Stow railway station

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.

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General information
Location	Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55.692°N 2.867°W / 55.692; -2.867
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOI
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1848	Opened
6 January 1969	Closed
6 September 2015	Reopened

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.

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.

Stow station (and the line) reopened on 6 September 2015. 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

External links

• Borders Railway