2016

NT3169 : Shawfair Station Car Park

taken 7 years ago, near to Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland

Shawfair Station Car Park
Shawfair Station Car Park
Judging by the small number of cars, this station would appear not to be greatly used. There is no public transport to it [the nearest bus stop is 3/4km away] and the Shawfair business park area, with no bus service from this direction, is a further kilometre away. The area has been earmarked for a 'new town' type of housing expansion.
The Borders Railway

The old Waverley Line, which closed in 1969, is being resurrected as the Borders Railway, going 30 miles from Edinburgh to Tweedbank [between Galashiels and Melrose], with 7 new stations, and using 90% of the former route. Full details and progress can be found at LinkExternal link ‎. Construction is scheduled to be completed by summer 2015, and the estimated cost, at 2012 prices, is £294 million. The project does not extend the route to the original destination at Carlisle.
The website says that test trains will run from June 2015, and it has been announced that the first passenger trains will run on 6 September 2015, with a grand opening. There are also plans for a 'steam train experience' and the possibility of the permanent exhibition of the Great Tapestry of Scotland at Tweedbank Station to boost tourism and use of the line.
The line opened for passenger traffic on 6 September 2015, with an half-hourly service on weekdays and Saturdays, and an hourly service on Sundays, with a journey time of about 1 hour. It was officially opened by HM The Queen on 9 September 2015, on the day that she became the longest serving UK Monarch; she travelled from Edinburgh to Tweedbank on a train steam-hauled by the 'Union of South Africa', with a stop st Newtongrange to unveil a plaque.


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Village, Rural settlement Roads, Road transport Railways Place: Midlothian Shawfair Railway: Borders Railway Primary Subject: Railway Station other tags: Car Park Railway Station Car Park Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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NT3169, 97 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 23 November, 2016   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 23 November, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 3198 6996 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:55.0739N 3:5.3933W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 3206 6999
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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