Jedburgh Railway

Jedburgh Railway
Kelso Line to St Boswell's to Tweedmouth Roxburgh Junction Kirkbank Nisbet River Teviot Jedfoot Jed Water Jedburgh

The Jedburgh Railway was a 9+1⁄2-mile (15 km) single-track branch railway in the Borders, Scotland, built by the Jedburgh Railway Company. It ran from a point south of Roxburgh Junction on the Kelso Line to Jedburgh via three intermediate stations, Kirkbank, Nisbet and Jedfoot.

History

Jedburgh Railway Act 1855
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Jedburgh to the Kelso Branch of the North British Railway at or near the Roxburgh Station, and for other Purposes.
Citation	18 & 19 Vict. c. xxx
Dates
Royal assent	25 May 1855
Other legislation
Repealed by	North British and Jedburgh Railways Amalgamation Act 1860
Text of statute as originally enacted

North British and Jedburgh Railways Amalgamation Act 1860
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation	23 & 24 Vict. c. cxl
Dates
Royal assent	3 July 1860

Remains of the bridge across the River Teviot

Authorised by the Jedburgh Railway Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. xxx), the line was opened in July of the next year. It was run by the North British Railway from its opening and was absorbed by that company in 1860. The line closed to passengers on 13 August 1948, the day after large-scale flooding took out the bridge over the Teviot at Nisbet. The line closed to freight on 10 August 1964.

The track where the rails lay is now part of the Borders Abbeys Way walking route.

See also

The Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines

External links

• The line on RailScot