The set passes through the former station of Fountainhall with its station building now boarded up, empty and occupied by a colony of bats. A small yard stood where the mini digger is and the former level crossing is now closed and replaced by a bridge on which I am standing. The station opened on 4/8/1848 and closed on 6/1/1969 along with the whole railway. This was the junction for the 12 mile Lauder branch which opened on 2/7/1901 and closed to passengers as early as 12/9/1932, freight lingered on until 1/10/1958. 17/9/2015
Just south of the former station which had three platforms we see 158731 heading north with 2T91 1529 from Tweedbank to Edinburgh. Visible between the right end of the unit and the fence is the formation of the Lauder branch climbing away.
A new village has grown up since the railway closed in 1969 and talking to a couple while I was taking photos here said they wished the station had been reopened as they and others would use it. They did say that they drive to nearby Stow to travel from there. 158739 passes through the former station site.
