- Tweedmouth railway station
Tweedmouth railway station served the town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed inNorthumberland ,England . It was located on theEast Coast Main Line . As well as a railway station for passengers, it was also the main service yard and goods yard betweenNewcastle upon Tyne andEdinburgh . Also, Tweedmouth Station was the terminus for theTweed Valley Railway line, which connected the East Coast Main Line with theWaverley Line atNewtown St Boswells . The station lies to the south of theRoyal Border Bridge .In was opened in 1847 and initially was the terminus on the East Coast Main Line, because the Royal Border bridge was not yet complete, so trains could not pass over the
River Tweed . Once the Royal Border Bridge had been completed in 1850, and opened by Her MajestyQueen Victoria , thelocomotives had an unbroken run from London to Edinburgh.
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