In 1847, the Great Hall of
Berwick Castle had to be demolished to make way for the new station (the former West Wall of the castle still marks the boundary of the now-defunct station goods yard), which opened the following year. This replaced an initial structure erected by the
North British Railway, whose line from the north first reached the town in 1846. The
Newcastle and Berwick Railway meanwhile reached the southern bank of the River Tweed in March 1847, but it was another eighteen months before a temporary viaduct across the river was commissioned to allow through running between Edinburgh and Newcastle. This in turn was replaced by the current
Royal Border Bridge in July 1850. The station was rebuilt by the
London and North Eastern Railway in 1927 and the buildings are Grade-II listed. The station was also at one time served by local stopping trains between
Newcastle and Edinburgh and the branch line from
Newtown St Boswells via
Kelso (which joined the main line at
Tweedmouth, on the other side of the river) from 1851 until closure in 1964. For approximately five months in 1979, this was the terminus for services from
London King's Cross after the
East Coast Main Line was blocked by the collapse of
Penmanshiel Tunnel. Buses linked this station with
Dunbar, from where a railway shuttle service continued to
Edinburgh Waverley. == Facilities==