View from NW showing NW front of main station building

Description View from NW showing NW front of main station building

Date 1969

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

Catalogue Number SC 713026

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Railway Station (North Berwick Station), No 10 Station Road, North Berwick, East Lothian The North Berwick branch from Drem was opened in 1850 by the North British Railway, and this little fishing village and grain-exporting port became a popular high-class residential area, golfing resort and day-trip destination. Accordingly the North British greatly extended the station probably in the 1890s. This view shows the east face of the entrance front of the building, with what appears to have been part of the original station buildings on the right. The extensive awnings were probably provided to shelter commuters waiting to be picked up by carriages or motors. The branch was very much a 'basic railway' in 1969, served by diesel railcars, and faced an uncertain future. The buildings extant in 1969 were demolished and replaced by a much smaller structure. When the East Coast main line was electrified in 1991 the branch was too, and is now well re-established. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/69/56/3

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/713026

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap