Stow railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Location
	Stow Location in Scottish Borders, Scotland

Stow
Stow
General information
Location	Stow of Wedale, Scottish Borders; Scotland
Coordinates	55°41′30″N 2°52′00″W / 55.6917580°N 2.8667745°W
Grid reference	NT456446
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SOI
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway; British Rail (Scottish Region);
Key dates
1 November 1848	Opened
6 January 1969	Closed
6 September 2015	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	70,698
2020/21	8,272
2021/22	43,258
2022/23	59,806
2023/24	75,818
Location
Location
	Stow Location in Scottish Borders, Scotland
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stow is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 26 miles 45 chains (43 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Lauder and village of Stow of Wedale in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.

History

The original station at Stow was opened by the North British Railway on 1 November 1848. Some timetables described the station as Stow for Lauder. It was closed by British Rail on 6 January 1969.^[1]

Stow station (and the line) reopened on 6 September 2015.^[2] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall. The station has two platforms, each of which can accommodate an eight coach train.^[3]

Services

Borders Railway

(including Edinburgh Crossrail)

						Fife Circle Line
						North Clyde Line
					Edinburgh Park
					South Gyle

					Haymarket
					Edinburgh Waverley
					Brunstane
					Newcraighall
					Shawfair
					Eskbank
					Newtongrange
					Gorebridge
					Stow
					Galashiels
					Tweedbank

As of the May 2023 timetable change, the station is served by a half hourly service between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. Previously some peak time trains continued to Glenrothes with Thornton. All services are operated by ScotRail.^[4]

Rolling stock used: Class 158 Express Sprinter and Class 170 Turbostar

References

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
^ Kelman, Leanne (December 2017) [1987]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 11E. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
^ "Train times: Edinburgh – Newcraighall – Tweedbank / Dùn Èideann – Talla na Creige Nuadh – Bruach Thuaidh" (PDF). ScotRail. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

External links

Media related to Stow railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Train times and station information for Stow railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Gorebridge		ScotRail Borders Railway	Galashiels
	Historical railways
Fountainhall		North British Railway Waverley Route	Bowland

[1] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

[2] "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.

[3] Kelman, Leanne (December 2017) [1987]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 11E. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.

[4] "Train times: Edinburgh – Newcraighall – Tweedbank / Dùn Èideann – Talla na Creige Nuadh – Bruach Thuaidh" (PDF). ScotRail. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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