Gullane railway station
Gullane railway station served the village of Gullane in Scotland. It was served by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick railway. This line diverged from the North British Railway Main Line at Aberlady Junction, east of the current Longniddry station.
Gullane | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Gullane, East Lothian Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56.035908°N 2.8238750°W |
| Grid reference | NT487828 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 April 1898 | Opened |
| 12 September 1932 | Closed to passengers |
| 15 June 1964 | Line closes to freight |
History
The station opened on 1 April 1898 as the terminus of the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway when it began operating the line between here and Aberlady junction (on the North British Railway between Dunbar and Edinburgh).[1][2] The line was intended to reach Dirleton and thereby provide a route to North Berwick, but this section was never constructed and Gullane remained as the terminus.[2]
The station had one platform on the north side of a loop that allowed the engine to run around. There were three sidings behind the platform forming a goods yard able to accommodate most types of goods including livestock; it was equipped with a two ton crane. There was an engine shed and a signal box.[3][4]
The line and station were absorbed by the North British Railway on 6 August 1900.[2] The station then passed on to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) during the Grouping of 1923. That company withdrew passenger services nine years later,[1] although the line was still open to freight until 1964.
The station building was used by LNER as a camping apartment from 1935.[5] The Scottish Region continued this use of the buildings, sometimes marketed as Camping Cottages in the 1950s and up to the line closing in 1964.[6] The station was also the location of a camping coach from 1956 to 1964.[7]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Berwick Line never constructed |
North British Railway Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway |
Luffness Platform Line and Station closed | ||
The site today
The houses of Muirfeld Drive and Muirfield Station are built on the old site of Gullane railway station.[8] A railway hotel, the Marine, was built in 1900 and was the main building of the Scottish Fire Service training school. This was closed in March 2015 and converted to housing.
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), page 111
- Grant (2017), page 5
- "Gullane station on OS 25 inch map Haddingtonshire II.13 (Dirleton)". National Library of Scotland. 1907. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970), page 245
- McRae (1997), page 13
- McRae (1998), pages 33 & 34
- McRae (1998), page 28
- "Gullane Area Community Council - Walks around Aberlady, Gullane & Durleton" (PDF).
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
- McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.