Williamstown railway station

Williamstown was a temporary station built to serve the town of North Berwick until the permanent terminus in the town was completed. It was open from 13 August 1849, when the branch from Drem opened, until 17 June 1850, when North Berwick and Dirleton stations opened. The station at Williamstown was then removed, and no trace of it now remains. Had the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway completed their projected line, it would have formed a junction with the North Berwick branch just south of Williamstone. However, the line did not progress any further than Gullane. The former North Berwick gasworks at Ferrygate was a short distance south-west of Williamstone. The gasworks was…