Fountainhall railway station

The station opened as Burnhouse or Fountainhall on 1 August 1848 by the North British Railway.^[a][b][1]

The station was situated on the south side of an unnamed minor road. The goods yard consisted of three sidings with the siding closest to the main line passing through a large goods shed. The yard was equipped with 1¼ ton crane and could handle live stock.^[2][3]

The station became a junction when the Lauder Light Railway was opened on 2 July 1901, the station's name was changed to Fountainhall Junction from this date.^[4]

The Lauder branch closed to passengers on 12 September 1932 and to goods on 1 October 1958.^[5]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939.^[6] A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1958 to 1960.^[7]

The station was still named Fountainhall Junction until April 1959,^[1] even though the LNER timetable of 1937 didn't use the 'junction' suffix.^{[citation needed]}

The station was closed to goods on 28 April 1964,^[8] with the remaining sidings quickly lifted^{[citation needed]} and was closed to passengers on 6 January 1969

In September 2015, the Waverley Route partially reopened as part of the Borders Railway. Although the railway passes through the original Fountainhall station, it was not reopened.^[9]

• Fountainhall station on disused-stations
• Fountainhall station at Canmore
• The Borders Railway near Fountainhall on Geograph