Macbie Hill railway station

Macbie Hill
Location	Coalyburn, Peeblesshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°45′38″N 3°18′07″W / 55.7605°N 3.3019°W / 55.7605; -3.3019Coordinates: 55°45′38″N 3°18′07″W / 55.7605°N 3.3019°W / 55.7605; -3.3019
Grid reference	NT184526
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
4 July 1864 (1864-07-04)	Opened as Coalyburn
25 May 1874	Name changed to Macbie Hill
1 April 1933 (1933-04-01)	Closed

Macbie Hill railway station served the hamlet of Coalyburn, Peeblesshire, Scotland, from 1864 to 1933 on the Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway.

History[]

The station opened as Coalyburn on 4 July 1864 by the Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway. The Coalyburn mines were to the north as well as quarries, some to the south. The station's name was changed to Coalyburn (Macbie Hill) in the timetables in October 1872, but it was officially changed to Macbie Hill on 25 May 1874, being named after the local Macbiehill House. There was a station building on the north side of the line and opposite this was a goods siding. The station became an unstaffed halt on 1 December 1930 and closed on 1 April 1933,^[1] but the line reopened as far as here in 1939 for wartime traffic only. An explosive store was built to the south, also known as RNAD Coalyburn, but it closed in 1960. The platform and the base of the station building remain.^[2]

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