Coldstream railway station

Authorised in 1845, the Kelso Branch was built by the North Eastern Railway to link the communities of the Tweed Valley with the fledgling railway network at . The line opened in two stages: to on 27 July 1849 and to on 1 June 1851. The Cornhill Branch project was authorised in 1882 to link the farming communities of north Northumberland with the market town of Alnwick, and link the North Eastern Railway's Kelso line to its Alnwick Branch. Construction started by the North Eastern Railway in 1884. The line opened to freight between Cornhill and on 2 May 1887, and the whole line for both freight and passengers on 5 September of the same year. The line had difficulty attracting passengers as…