Fushie Station

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Fushie or Fushiebridge station is described in the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) as 'A small shed on the Hawick Railway East of Catcune Mill (NT36SE 75) where passengers and goods are booked to Edinburgh, Hawick and the intermediate stations on the line it is the property of the N.B. (North British) Railway Company.

Name Book 1852

Opened in 1849 as part of the Edinburgh to Hawick Branch, closed to normal passenger service in 1943, continued as an staff halt until 1959.

R J V Butt 1995; G Daniels and L Dench 1980

The remains of Fushiebridge Station are situated immediately SE of a stone built road overbridge (NT36SE 142.02) carrying a minor road from the A7 to Standpretty, about 155m NE of the former Catcune Mills.

All that could be seen on either side of the former trackbed of the Waverley Line (RLY 4) were sections of the platform, with at NT 35290 60254, the sloping SE end of the down side platform. Traces of buildings including a brick built building were noted on the S side of the trackbed immediately SW of the stone overbridge. Additionally what may be a broken concrete gradient sign was found on the trackbed, with the numbers 0/42 indented into it.

On the N side is a long stone retaining wall and immediately behind at a higher level, is a levelled area which formerly supported freight sidings. The trackbed to the immediately SE is also wider, presumably to accommodate the additional tracks connected with the junction of the mineral branch leading to the Esperton Lime Works (NT35NW 16).

The station, sidings and associated bridges are depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the 25-inch OS maps (Edinburghshire, 1893, sheet 13), showing platforms to the NE of the road overbridge, whereas the 1st edition 6-inch (ibid) only shows platforms to the SE. A photograph taken c.1940's (ML 3769), shows that the station building was on the down side platform between the stone overbridge (NT36SE 142.02) and the footbridge (NT36SE 142.01).

Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 14 May 2008

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Fushie station is described in the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey as 'A small shed and station on the Hawick branch a little East of Catcune Mill' and as ' A small shed... where passengers and goods are booked to Edinburgh, Hawick and the intermediate stations on the line it is the property of the N.B. Railway Company'.

Name Book 1852

Fushie Station is depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd Edition maps (Edinburghshire, sheet XIV, 1907)

Information from RCAHMS (TIC), March 2002