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This can be found on the wall of a former railway bridge in Hassendan. For more detail see : http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm72357

Looking westward.

Hassendean Station is situated one mile south of Minto Kames on the route of the former Edinburgh to Carlisle Waverley Railway Line that was closed in 1969. The platforms were staggered and this footbridge linked the main offices on the up platform with a waiting room on the down platform. The owner of the station has carefully restored and converted the existing buildings into a dwelling house and an architectural practice office. The bridge is believed to be the only surviving wooden railway bridge still in its original location in Britain, but it is in need of restoration. The support timbers at mid-span have been introduced as a safety precaution and the public were allowed access to the bridge from the up platform side on the right, but only as far as the red and white tape between the handrails. An open weekend (when this photo was taken) was held to allow visitors to view the bridge and help towards the considerable cost of its refurbishment. The bridge is on private ground and this photo was submitted to the site with the permission of the owner.

A few of these posters were on site at Hassendean Station, 4 miles east of Hawick on the route of the former Waverley Railway Line. An open weekend was held to help raise funds to restore the original wooden footbridge Image

Hassendean Station is situated one mile south of Minto Kames on the route of the former Edinburgh to Carlisle Waverley Railway Line that was closed in 1969. The platforms were staggered and this footbridge linked the main offices on the up platform with a waiting room on the down platform. The owner of the station has carefully restored and converted the existing buildings into a dwelling house and an architectural practice office. The bridge is believed to be the only surviving wooden railway bridge still in its original location in Britain, but it is in need of restoration. In the interests of safety, access to the bridge was only possible from this side, the up platform, and only as far as the red and white tape between the handrails. An open weekend (when this photo was taken) was held to allow visitors to view the bridge and help towards the considerable cost of its refurbishment. The bridge is on private ground and this photo was submitted to the site with the permission of the owner.

This is a scan from a black and white photo I developed and printed in 1991. The station was on the Edinburgh to Carlisle Waverley Route one mile south of Minto Kames and four miles northeast of Hawick. The Waverley Line was closed in 1969 but the station buildings have been restored and converted into a dwelling house and architectural practice office. The footbridge has also survived and the former waiting room on the left beyond the bridge is now the architectural practice office. I had the pleasure of talking to the owner in this office at an open day on 28th August 2010. For a view of the footbridge taken on the open day, see Image

Buildings by the former Waverley Line at the site of the station, now a private dwelling. Walter Baxter's photograph shows the station in 1991: Image

Derelict bridge to the east of site of station on Waverley line.

The long closed station is virtually intact including the footbridge over the track.

Hassendean is a hamlet to the west of Minto where the Edinburgh to Carlisle railway once passed through. A small station opened in 1850 but closed in 1969 when the Waverley Route was axed under the Beeching cuts. For a view of the station in 1991 before the buildings were converted into a residential property, see Image This was viewed from Minto Hill.