East Fortune railway station

Disused railway station in East Fortune, East Lothian

East Fortune

The site of the station, looking southeast towards Berwick-upon-Tweed, in 1997

General information
Location| East Fortune, East Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates| 56°00′25″N 2°42′35″W﻿ / ﻿56.0069°N 2.7096°W﻿ / 56.0069; -2.7096
Grid reference| NT558795
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| North British Railway
Pre-grouping| North British Railway
Key dates
July 1848 (1848-07)| Opened
4 May 1964| Closed to passengers
14 September 1970 (1970-09-14)| Closed to goods

East Fortune railway station served the village of East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland from 1848 to 1970 on the North British Railway Main Line.

## History[edit]

The station opened in July 1848 by the North British Railway.[1] It was situated immediately east of East Fortune Hospital and on the northeast perimeter of the airfield. The station closed to passengers on 4 May 1964[2] and closed to goods on 14 September 1970.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 158
2. ^ "East Fortune Station". Canmore. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
3. ^ "Up the ECML at site of East Fortune... © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

## External links[edit]

Preceding station  | Historical railways | Following station

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