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Gifford & Garvald Light
Railway
The railway line to Gifford opened for General Traffic on Saturday
October 12th 1901 at 12 Noon.
The single track line followed a somewhat circuitous route as it made
its way to the village.
The reasons (& politics) behind this are discussed in much detail in
the "History" section.
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The service to
Gifford catered for passenger services
up until 1933 by which time numbers had dwindled
to the point of economic unviability.
Goods services remained in operation until
the floods of
1948 washed away
the railway bridge at Gilchriston.
Gifford station remained as a goods depot served by road from
the Haddington
railway
terminus which, itself, closed in 1968. |
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A D51 4-4-0 Tank Locomotive waits in Gifford
Station in 1926.
Brownlie's sawmills can be seen in the background. |
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The proposed extension to, and beyond, Garvald
was never built.
The Gifford & Garvald Railway was
absorbed by the North British Railway,
which in turn became part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER)
upon railway "grouping" in 1923.
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