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Newcraighall South Junction
All photographs of this location in date order.
![<I>158871 nearing Newcraighall with the 08.37 from Tweedbank to Edinburgh on 20 June 2014</I>.... could be a future caption for this one. Meantime you'll have to settle for... 158871 waits in the new (temporary) turnback siding at Millerhill on 20 June 2011 prior to running back to Newcraighall station to form the next train to Waverley.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 20/06/2011]](/images/34000/34579.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![170 471 in the Millerhill turnback siding on 10 April 2012 waiting to form the 17.14 to Dunblane. In the background, test bores are being sunk on the route of the Borders Railway.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 10/04/2012]](/images/38000/38338.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![170 471 takes refuge in the turnback siding at Millerhill on 10 April to make way for 67025 and the ecs for the 17.08 Fife Circle service.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 10/04/2012]](/images/38000/38499.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The �terminus� of the Borders Railway in October 2012 - the southern end of the turnback siding near Newcraighall. [See image 38338]<br><br>[David Spaven 09/10/2012]](/images/40000/40720.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![On a pre-construction walk along the route of the Borders Railway on 9th October 2012, a view from high above the first cutting which will need to be excavated south of Newcraighall. Looking north, a strip of woodland at the north west end of the former Millerhill Down Yard has already been cut back. The new line�s most northerly dynamic loop will revert to single track south of the red buffer stop of the Newcraighall turnback siding, which can just be seen in the distance.<br><br>[David Spaven 09/10/2012]](/images/40000/40742.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![View over Newcraighall turn-back siding on 25 July with much of the route south now cleared.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 25/07/2013]](/images/43000/43931.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Looking south west along the turnback siding at the north end of Millerhill Yard on 20 December 2013. The route to Tweedbank will continue beyond the buffer stops towards the new station at Shawfair.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/12/2013]](/images/45000/45741.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![View south west along the turnback siding at the north end of Millerhill Yard on Sunday 20 April 2014, with the yard itself off picture to the left. Beyond the buffer stops work is well underway on extending the Borders Railway route towards the site of the next station at Shawfair.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/04/2014]](/images/47000/47059.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Borders Railway progress at the north end of Millerhill Yard on 26 June 2014. View south west towards Shawfair, with a new bridge over the trackbed starting to take shape beyond the end of the turnback siding. The bridge will provide access from Whitehill Road into the new recycling plant which is being constructed here.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2014]](/images/47000/47791.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![A new bridge being built over the Borders Railway route just beyond the turnback siding at Millerhill. The bridge will carry the road serving the recycling plant to be constructed on former railway land to the west of the current yard, with access from Whitehill Road. View south west towards Shawfair on 5 August 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/08/2014]](/images/48000/48264.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Progress on the new road and bridge being built over the Borders Railway route at Millerhill which will give access from Whitehill Road to the planned recycling plant to be used by Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils. Photographed on 24 August 2014. [See image 48264]<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/08/2014]](/images/48000/48463.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Progress on the new bridge which will carry the link from Whitehill Road over the Borders Railway and into the new recycling plant being built on the west side of Millerhill yard. View is south west towards the site of the new Shawfair station on 21 September 2014. <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/09/2014]](/images/48000/48768.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![View from the north end of Millerhill Yard looking south west towards Shawfair on Sunday 5 October 2014, with a trainload of track ready for laying standing on the up line just beyond the new bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/10/2014]](/images/48000/48922.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The first track-laying train on the Borders Railway - just before 10.00 on a dreich Monday 6th October, the Dutch track-laying train begins inching its way south from Newcraighall, propelled by a GB Railfreight Class 66. Track laying up to this point (with 60 ft rails) had been by means of cranes and other mobile equipment. Work on the new Edinburgh and Midlothian food waste recycling plant is underway on the far side of the line with Millerhill loco stabling point in the background.<br>
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<br><br>[David Spaven 06/10/2014]](/images/48000/48935.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The Dutch track-laying train inches steadily southwards from Newcraighall on 6 October 2014 [see image 48935] propelled by a GB Railfreight Class 66 .... just 30 miles to go!<br><br>[David Spaven 06/10/2014]](/images/48000/48942.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Early morning at the north end of Millerhill Yard on 9 October 2014. Nearest the camera is DRS 66302, while just beyond is GBRf 66706 preparing to move off south along the Borders Railway with the tracklaying train. <br><br>[John Furnevel 09/10/2014]](/images/48000/48995.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The bridge over the Borders Railway giving access from Whitehill Road to the west side of the old Millerhill Marshalling Yard. View south west towards Shawfair on Sunday morning 18 January 2015. The new buildings are part of the recycling plant currently under construction on the former railway land.<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/01/2015]](/images/50000/50067.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![To the left the lines run south into Millerhill yard while on the right the Borders Railway turns towards Shawfair. Between is the slightly alien landscape that now dominates this part of the old down yard. The buildings and tanks are part of the under construction food waste recyling (anaerobic digestion) plant which will serve Edinburgh and Midlothian. Scene early on Sunday 1 March 2015.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/03/2015]](/images/50000/50516.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![A hive of activity in the area around Newcraighall South Junction on Sunday morning 10 May 2015. View is south, showing work taking place in several locations at the northern end of the Borders Railway, not least on the new bridge that will eventually carry the link from Whitehill Road into the recycling plant.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/05/2015]](/images/51000/51265.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![<I>'I think he wants me to stop...'</I> The area around Newcraighall South Junction on 3 June 2015 with a warning of a <I>Non Operational Railway</I> beyond. <br><br>[John Furnevel 03/06/2015]](/images/51000/51520.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Hottest day of the year so far as a Tweedbank - Newcraighall driver training trip approaches its destination on 10 June 2015. The 158 has just passed the recently constructed Millerhill food waste recycling plant and cleared the points at the end of the double track section from King's Gate.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/06/2015]](/images/51000/51603.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Two men comparing sticks alongside the attenuation pool of the Edinburgh and Midlothian food waste recycling plant at Millerhill on 19 January 2016. In the centre background ScotRail 170475 is about to pass below the bridge linking the main plant with Whitehill Road. Note that the lifebelt is attached to the perimeter fence, not the train.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/01/2016]](/images/53000/53982.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Looking south towards Millerhill Yard on 17 April 2016, showing the considerable clearance of vegetation that has recently been carried out along the embankment. The entrance to the depot from Whitehill Road is on the left. In the background a Waverley bound train is approaching from the Shawfair direction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/04/2016]](/images/54000/54895.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![ScotRail 158736 emerges from the fog at Millerhill on Sunday 8 May 2016 with the first Borders Railway southbound train of the day, the 0911 Edinburgh – Tweedbank. The train is in the process of passing over the double-track split at Newcraighall South Junction. In less than half a mile it will reach Shawfair station where it is scheduled to cross the first train north, the 0845 Tweedbank - Edinburgh. Part of the Millerhill Yard admin block is just visible in the right background. <br><br>[John Furnevel 08/05/2016]](/images/55000/55135.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![ScotRail 158710 leads the 4-car 0945 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley on 15 May 2016. The train is passing the Biogen anaerobic digestion facility at Millerhill between the Shawfair and Newcraighall stops.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2016]](/images/55000/55211.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank passes below Whitehill Road bridge in heavy rain, shortly after restarting the 0911 Edinburgh - Tweedbank from Newcraighall station on 12 June 2016. ScotRail 158871 is about to run past the Biogen attenuation pool before entering the double track section at Newcraighall South Junction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/06/2016]](/images/55000/55501.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The 0845 ex-Tweedbank approaching Newcraighall on Sunday 16 October 2016. In the background work is ongoing in connection with the provision of EGIP maintenance and stabling facilities for EMUs scheduled to become operational next year. Note the demolition and clearance of the former locomotive servicing facilities is almost complete. [See image 6349] <br><br>[John Furnevel 16/10/2016]](/images/56000/56818.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The 0845 Sunday morning ex-Tweedbank approaching Newcraighall South Junction on 6 November 2016. In the background work is well underway on the site of the new EGIP electric train depot, while on the right the Biogen attenuation pool has gained a new fence. [See image 53982]<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/11/2016]](/images/57000/57104.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![The 4-car 0945 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley, photographed shortly after leaving Shawfair on 22 January 2017 in light rain. The train is passing the Biogen anaerobic digestion facility at Millerhill heading for its next stop at Newcraighall. At this point the train has covered around half of the one mile distance between the two stations. <br><br>[John Furnevel 22/01/2017]](/images/57000/57925.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Running through Newcraighall South Junction onto the single line section on 22 January 2017 is the rainsoaked ScotRail 0945 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley. The train is slowing for its next stop at Newcraighall station, located on the other side of the bridge carrying Whitehill Road. Running along the top left of the picture, just beyond the tree line, is the road that now links the the Biogen anaerobic digestion facility, opened last year, with Whitehill Road. [See image 51265]<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/01/2017]](/images/58000/58053.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![ScotRail 170461 approaching the Newcraighall stop on Sunday 24 September 2017 with the 0845 Tweedbank - Edinburgh. Work on the new EGIP electric train depot continues in the left background - as it does on the new Edinburgh and Midlothian Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre in the right background<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/09/2017]](/images/61000/61154.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![ScotRail 170395 has just cleared Whitehill Road Bridge shortly after restarting from Newcraighall station on 5 November 2017. The 1011 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank is about to run onto the double track section at Newcraighall South Junction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2017]](/images/61000/61716.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![ScotRail 170403 forming the 0845 Tweedbank - Edinburgh running north between Shawfair and Newcraighall on 4 February 2018. Beyond the blue sphere of the food waste processing plant is part of the large building site surrounding the under construction Edinburgh and Midlothian Recycling & Energy Recovery Centre.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/02/2018]](/images/62000/62819.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
![Just a hint of early morning February sunshine at Newcraighall South Junction as a Tweedbank – Edinburgh train comes off the double track section from King's Gate and passes over the Network Rail access pad. The electrification masts serving the Millerhill freight lines run across the centre of the picture.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/02/2018]](/images/62000/62885.jpg "Newcraighall South Junction")
