Gifford and Garvald Railway
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The Gifford and Garvald Railway was a 9.25 mile long, single track branch railway line in East Lothian, Scotland, that ran from a junction west of Ormiston on the Macmerry Branch to Gifford via three intermediate stations, Pencaitland, Saltoun, and Humbie.[1]
History
The line was proposed in November 1890 and the company was authorised on 3 July 1891 to construct a line of 12 miles and 200 yards. Only 9.25 miles of line was completed and opened on 14 October 1901.[2] Run by the North British Railway from opening the line remained independent until 1923 when it became part of London and North Eastern Railway.[3] At Pencaitland, the line served the Glenkinchie distillery.[1] The extension of the line to Garvald was never completed.[1]
The line closed to passengers on 3 April 1933 when the Macmerry Branch withdrew its services. After a bridge collapse in August 1948 the section from Gifford to Humbie closed but the remaining line stayed open. On 2 May 1960 the line past Humbie closed to freight and the remaining line on 25 April 1965.[3]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c "Gifford and Garvald Railway". A History of Britain's Railways. Railscot. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "The route of the Gifford & Garvald Railway 1890". Gifford Online. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Chronology for Gifford and Garvald Railway". Railscot. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
See also
The Smeaton railway branches of the Lothians
Bibliography
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Hajducki, Andrew M. (1994). The Haddington, Macmerry and Gifford Branch Lines. Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-456-3.
External links
- "Line on Gifford On-Line".
- "Map of route".
- "RAILSCOT on Gifford and Garvald Railway". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- "RAILSCOT on MacMerry Branch (NBR)". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- "Gifford and Garvald Railway on a 1945 OS Map". Retrieved 28 January 2012.