page_title: The Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines
hierarchical_section_title: The Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines
caption_attribution_description: English: System map of the Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines in Scotland in 1856
context_page_description: The Railway of Kelso and Jedburgh branch lines were three distinct railways serving Kelso in the borders of Scotland.
  The first to open was a branch line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway from Tweedmouth near Berwick, to Sprouston. It opened in 1849.
  The next was a branch from the North British Railway Hawick branch line at St Boswells, to a temporary station just outside Kelso. As the St Boswells to Kelso branch line, it opened in 1850.
  The gap between the two lines was closed, and a permanent station at Kelso was opened, in 1851. Finally the independent Jedburgh Railway opened its line from Roxburgh in 1856.
  Although woollen manufacture was an important industry locally, the economy was largely agricultural. The two lines reaching Kelso directly were under competing managements, and they failed to develop a through service over the line.
  With the rise of reliable road transport and improved roads, goods and passenger carryings on the lines declined from the 1930s. The Jedburgh line passenger service closed in 1948, and the passenger service on the other lines was heavily reduced in 1955 and withdrawn in 1964.
context_section_description: The Railway of Kelso and Jedburgh branch lines were three distinct railways serving Kelso in the borders of Scotland.
  The first to open was a branch line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway from Tweedmouth near Berwick, to Sprouston. It opened in 1849.
  The next was a branch from the North British Railway Hawick branch line at St Boswells, to a temporary station just outside Kelso. As the St Boswells to Kelso branch line, it opened in 1850.
  The gap between the two lines was closed, and a permanent station at Kelso was opened, in 1851. Finally the independent Jedburgh Railway opened its line from Roxburgh in 1856.
  Although woollen manufacture was an important industry locally, the economy was largely agricultural. The two lines reaching Kelso directly were under competing managements, and they failed to develop a through service over the line.
  With the rise of reliable road transport and improved roads, goods and passenger carryings on the lines declined from the 1930s. The Jedburgh line passenger service closed in 1948, and the passenger service on the other lines was heavily reduced in 1955 and withdrawn in 1964.
caption: The Kelso and Jedburgh lines in 1856
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