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Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 33 miles 22 chains (54 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders , Scotland.
The Borders Railway connects the city of Edinburgh with Galashiels and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders.The railway follows most of the alignment of the northern part of the Waverley Route, a former double-track line in southern Scotland and northern England that ran between Edinburgh and Carlisle.
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The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle.The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened in 1862.
Galashiels Transport Interchange, a combined bus and railway station, shown in August 2015. In 1969, the historic Waverley Line, which connected the Scottish Borders to the national rail network, was closed as part of a wider series of cuts to British Railways. The closure led to a campaign for a return of rail to the region that never diminished.
Station name Postcode External link to map of station at MultiMap Code External link to livedepartureboards showing current departures and arrivals for this station Gainsborough Central: DN21 2EX: GNB: Gainsborough Lea Road: DN21 1AJ: GBL: Galashiels: TD1 1BP: GAL: Garelochhead: G84 0DB: GCH: Garforth: LS25 2QQ: GRF: Gargrave: BD23 3PD: GGV ...
The Selkirk and Galashiels Railway was a railway company that built a branch line connecting Selkirk, Scottish Borders, with the mainline network at Galashiels. The 5-mile (8.0 km) line opened in 1856 and was well used in the period down to 1914. Road transport from about 1923 became a serious competitor and the usage of the line declined steeply.
Galashiels railway station; Garelochhead railway station; Garrowhill railway station; Garscadden railway station; Gartcosh railway station; Garve railway station; Georgemas Junction railway station; Giffnock railway station; Gilshochill railway station; Girvan railway station; Glasgow Central railway station; Glasgow Queen Street railway station