Tynehead Station
Cottage (Period Unassigned), Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Tynehead Station
Classification Cottage (Period Unassigned), Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) The Waverley Line; Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway; Tynehead Station Cottage
Canmore ID 213085
Site Number NT35NE 38.01
NGR NT 39384 59181
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/213085
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Crichton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT35NE 38.01 39384 59181
The Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey desc ribes Tynhead Railway Station as ' A station on the North British Railway Hawick branch and situated near to Tynehead farmhouse'.
Name Book 1852
Tynehead station building is situated at road level on the S side of the B6458 and E side of the railway.
Built of red sandstone with a slated roof, the building has, since the closure of the railway, been converted as a dwelling house.
Built sometime between 1847 and 1849 as single storey and L-shaped in plan in coursed sandstone with dressed ashlar surrounds. Additonally with long and short quoins and a base course.
The station platforms at track level were approached by sloping paths with concrete fence posts, some of which survive on the W side of the former trackbed.
Tynehead is situated on the crossroads of the B6367 and B6458 and the small village developed after the construction of the station. The station on the Falahill inlcine was built for the Edinburgh to Hawick Branch line opening in 1848 from Gorebridge. After 1862 the line became part of the Waverley Route, which finally closed in January 1969.
Visited by RCAHMS, August 2006
The platforms survive on both the up and down sides, although heavily overgrown. The passenger ramp down to the down side platform is extant with concrete posts on the E side most of the way down. The ramp on the up side has been buried under earth and rubble, a few of the concrete posts are visible at the lower S end.
The station building is a dwelling house with additional buildings and an extension to the S. The former wicket gate entrance is now a lengthened window, but the fixing holes for the gate are still visible. At eaves height on the W-facing elevation ais a ceramic telepgraph insulator.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, JM), 13 May 2009
NT35NE 38 39384 59181
Tynehead Railway Station, station masters house and ticket office is situated on the SW side of the crossroads of the B6367 and B6458 and at road level above the deep railway cutting. The house was connected to the platforms by long ramps, one of which survives on the W side (down side) of the former trackbed. A few concrete stanchions for the railings were noted on the W ramp. The platforms are now heavily overgrown.
The station built c.1847 as part of the North British Railway, Edinburgh to Hawick Branch railway and the house is a single storey L-plan sandstone building, renovated to form a dwelling house.
The station opened in 1847-48 and was closed along with the rest of the Waverley Line in January 1969.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 1 August 2006
Project (April 2009 - February 2015)
The Borders Railway Project proposals are to reinstate the Newcraighall to Tweedbank section of the former Waverley Line. The reinstated railway line will be approximately 48km long and the majority of the route will use the existing railway embankment.
Several field surveys, archaeological evaluations and standing building surveys were undertaken by CFA Archaeology from April 2009 until February 2015.
CFA Archaeology
