View of main buildings, water tower and footbridge, Hawick railway station. Since demolished and the site is now occupied by Waverley (Hawick) Leisure Centre.

Description View of main buildings, water tower and footbridge, Hawick railway station. Since demolished and the site is now occupied by Waverley (Hawick) Leisure Centre.

Date 1974

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 429875

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Hawick Station, Hawick, Roxburghshire Hawick was the terminus of the Hawick branch of the North British Railway, opened in 1849, but this station dates from the construction of the Border Union Railway from Hawick to Carlisle, which opened in 1862. This view shows the station from the south west. On the left is the covered footbridge with its timber-clad lift towers. In the centre is the water tower to supply water for steam locomotives. The area in the foreground was the goods yard. The building of the line to Carlisle gave the North British its own cross-border route, which it marketed as the Waverley Route. Through trains ran to London via the Midland Railway's Settle & Carlisle line. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN. The station closed in 1969 and was demolished in the late 1970's.

External Reference H74/59/7

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/429875

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