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Gifford and Garvald Railway
The Gifford and Garvald Railway was a 9.25 mile long, single track branch railway line in East Lothian, Scotland, that ran from a junction west of Ormiston on the Macmerry Branch to via three intermediate stations, , , and .〔
==History==
The line was proposed in November 1890 and the company was authorised on 3 July 1891 to construct a line of 12 miles and 200 yards. Only 9.25 miles of line was completed and opened on 14 October 1901.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.giffordonline.co.uk/Gifford%20History/Railway/railway%20history%202.htm )〕 Run by the North British Railway from opening the line remained independent until 1923 when it became part of London and North Eastern Railway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.railbrit.co.uk/chronology/dates.php?coname=Gifford%20and%20Garvald%20Railway )〕 At Pencaitland, the line served the Glenkinchie distillery. The extension of the line to Garvald was never completed.〔
The line closed to passengers on 3 April 1933 when the Macmerry Branch withdrew its services. After a bridge collapse in August 1948 the section from Gifford to Humbie closed but the remaining line stayed open. On 2 May 1960 the line past closed to freight and the remaining line on 25 April 1965.〔
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