Heritage railways · Central Scotland
Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway
In or near Gullane.
Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Lisa Jarvis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Spring – autumn
- Nearest railway station
- Drem · 4.0 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway, the nearest railway station is Drem, located 4 km away. The postcode for the site is EH31 2BS. Entry details are not specified, so please check in advance for accessibility options.
About
Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway was promoted independently to develop settlements between Longniddry and North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. It opened its line from a junction near Longniddry as far as Gullane in 1898, but never succeeded in financial terms, and it never completed its line to North Berwick, which already had a branch railway. It closed to passengers in 1932 and continued, partly due to sugar beet traffic, until closing completely in 1964.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Responding to these developments the North British Railway put on a train service named The Lothian Coast Express. This started running on 3 or 12 June 1912; in the down direction it ran from Dunbar, taking a North Berwick portion at Drem and attaching a Gullane portion at Longniddry. The train ran through to Glasgow, stopping at Edinburgh Waverley, and conveyed a breakfast car. The up direction train in the afternoon conveyed a tea car. The train was said to have been the first British named train to carry a headboard with the train name.
Visiting
The construction was completed, between Spittal (where the junction was named Aberlady Junction, a mile and a half east of Longniddry) and Gullane, and the line opened on 1 April 1898. The signalling on the single line branch was by the Tyers electric tablet system. The train service was lavish, at nine passenger trains each way daily, with additional trains on summer Saturdays.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.0297, -2.8317
- District
- East Lothian
- Postcode
- EH31 2BS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lothian East
- Established
- 1893
- Nearest railway station
- Drem — 4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4667119 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway?
- Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode EH31 2BS).
- What is Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway?
- Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway?
- The nearest railway station is Drem, about 4.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode EH31 2BS.
- When was Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway built?
- Built or established in 1893.
- How do I get to Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway?
- The nearest railway station is Drem, about 4.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode EH31 2BS.