The Eyemouth Branch

The Eyemouth Branch Synopsis

This short railway, just under three miles in length, linked the fishing port of Eyemouth in the old Scottish Borders county of Berwickshire with the East Coast Main Line at Burnmouth. Opened in the 1890s by the independent Eyemouth Railway Company and closed in 1962 by British Railways the line largely conveyed fish to the markets of Birmingham and Edinburgh and in the opposite direction coal and fuel oil for the port. It also carried some excursion traffic as well as schoolchildren and commuters. The 16 chapters include proposals, the building of the line, the route, operations at different periods, depots and locomotives, the fishing industry, freight traffic, accidents, the 1948 flood and 'Hie-moo' humour. The last chapter deals with the remains as they are today.