Galashiels railway station

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General information
Location	Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55.6175°N 2.805°W / 55.6175; -2.805
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	GAL
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 November 1849	Opened
5 January 1969	Closed
6 September 2015	Reopened on new site

Galashiels railway station serves the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It reopened on 6 September 2015 as part of the Borders Railway, a project to run trains between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, a village on the outskirts of Galashiels.

The original station was closed by British Rail in 1969, along with the rest of the Waverley Line. The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall opening on 6 September 2015; it is located slightly to the north of the original station.

External links

• Borders Railway
• Video footage of Galashiels railway station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stow or Gorebridge		Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway		Tweedbank
	Historical railways
Bowland Line open, station closed		North British Railway Waverley Route		Melrose Line partially open, station closed
	Disused railways
Clovenfords Line and station closed		North British Railway Peebles Railway		Terminus
Terminus		North British Railway Selkirk and Galashiels Railway		Abbotsford Ferry Line and station closed