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THE RAILWAY    Direct train services to and from Edinburgh
North Berwick railway station opened in June 1850, connecting North Berwick to Edinburgh by train. The same year the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed opened, completing the east coast rail link to the south. The coming of the railway created, and continues to do so, many opportunities for North Berwick. Markets opened up, trade expanded rapidly and the town’s population increased having been in decline. North Berwick became a very attractive place to live, to commute from, to visit for holidays (families often staying for the whole summer) and to enjoy leisure time on the golf courses, beaches and in the swimming pool. The town developed rapidly to cater for this railway-led demand. It may be hard to believe but at one stage in the railway’s rapid expansion there was a direct sleeper service from London to North Berwick. This iconic railway poster is a Great Gateway into Goodall’s Guide and it’s as appropriate today as it was almost 100 years ago.
 
LNER poster from 1923, used to promote, until 1947, North Berwick by train

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