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The signal box was raised in height and enlarged, and the platform canopies were extended. One of the most striking improvements was the installation of high-pressure incandescent gas-lighting. This was the first such installation in
Scotland. Altogether 175 separate lamps varying from 800 to 1000 candle-power were installed. The cost of the alterations was around £5,000 (equivalent to £610,000 in 2023). The contractor was J. Marshall and Son of Hawick.
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British Railway company implemented some improvements at the station. A new booking hall was erected and subways constructed at the south end of the platform, allowing the removal of an old overhead footbridge. There was an electric hoist for baggage at the north end of the station.
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at the time. It was sent south by train. The last passenger service was a sleeper service from
Edinburgh Waverley to London St Pancras. A lot of local people gathered to say farewell when it reached Hawick at 23:27. The station closed to goods traffic on 28 April 1969.
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The first station opened on 1 November 1849 as a terminus of the line from
Edinburgh. It was located just to the north of North Bridge on Dovemount Place. There was no public celebration in Hawick, due to an outbreak of Cholera in the town.
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