Newtongrange railway station
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Newtongrange  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Newtongrange, Midlothian Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′53″N 3°04′08″W / 55.8648238°N 3.0689380°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT331642 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | NEG | ||||
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| 1 August 1908 | Opened | ||||
| 6 January 1969 | Closed | ||||
| 6 September 2015 | Resited and reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  13,864 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  75,582 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.115 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.153 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.150 million | ||||
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Newtongrange is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 11 miles 77 chains (19 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Newtongrange in Midlothian, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.
The station was previously closed (along with the Waverley Route) in 1969. The station reopened, to the south of the original, on 6 September 2015.[1] On 9 September 2015 the Queen and Prince Philip stopped off in Newtongrange station to unveil a plaque to officially open the station.[2] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall.
The station also directly serves the National Mining Museum Scotland.
