Northumbrian Railways

Riccarton Junction

• 02/07/1862 Opened as Riccarton
• 01/01/1905 Renamed Riccarton Junction
• 01/09/1958 Border Counties line closed
• 06/01/1969 Closed

Passengers alighting from a northbound train at Riccarton on 22/04/1961. (Brian Johnson)

Riccarton photographed from a departing northbound train on 12/01/1963. This was some 48 hours after a cutting to the north of the station had been cleared of the snow which had closed the Waverley Line for over a week. (Brian Johnson)

The old school and school house which overlooks the station site from the hillside to the east.
(Alastair Greason 2008)

Looking south along the mainline platform. (Alastair Greason 2008)

The generator building viewed from the northwest. (Alastair Greason 2008)

The old school and school house which overlooks the station site from the hillside to the east.
(Alastair Greason 2008)

left: Junction box at north of station site. right: Station nameboard on the platform.
(Alastair Greason 2008)

The former trackbed looking north from the station. (Alastair Greason 2008)