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Jedburgh Railway

Former railway line in Scotland

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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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.2

The story

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 by the North British and Jedburgh Railways Amalgamation Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. cxl). 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jedburgh Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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