Riccarton Junction - Then and Now

[@geoffreypowell9220]

My parents worked and lived there , I was born at Hawick after a train journey to Hawick 10th May 1941 now 83...

[@Xpl0r]

Wow you will have seen some changes , and not for the better !

[@albertsmith1048]

How can a three minute clip of film be so sad to watch, yet be so uplifting,, like opening a time capsule if you will.

[@Xpl0r]

Thanks for watching

[@tomdavidson5719]

Know exactly what you mean. I traveled this line many times between 1956 and its closure and remember this station well.

[@bruceball6312]

A poignant reminder of what’s been lost, not just the railway but a thriving community

[@Xpl0r]

Absolutely , gone in an instant

[@mikecawood]

A very nice but sad video.

[@Xpl0r]

Yes, seeing it in all its splendour, then being closed , vandalised then nature reclaims it. atb Dave

[@hockeyfanice7371]

Went to Riccarton Junction a week or so ago, sadly its a lot more overgrown these days, the station name board is still there, although becoming invisible on the east side because of the vegetation. The information board is still there too. Hopefully the railway will once again run from Tweedbank to Carlisle and therefore reconnect such as Newtown St Boswells, Hawick, Newcastleton and Longtown to the national network.

[@Xpl0r]

I would like to think the whole route will be fully connected one day, but I have my doubts especially with this uk government the way it is at the moment !

[@09weenic]

Absolute criminal what happened to that line and many others 😢

[@Xpl0r]

Yes such a waste of a more direct route

[@jonletswalk7479]

👍brill! What a change, Love walking that area atb jon

[@Xpl0r]

It really is, nature and man soon reclaim the land back .

[@davidowen6977]

2:08 👌

[@Xpl0r]

Thanks 👍

[@BegudMaximan-zp2tc]

Enroute, in the middle of nowhere in particular, yet a halfway house, stopping off place to water up, take a rest, change of Locomotive as may be required. Still an idilic rural setting whatever your point of view. Certainly worthy of restoration and some working preservation.

[@alexmcdonald4483]

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