Date: 19/03/2021

Up to £452m of fresh investment is set to be brought to Scotland and the north of England under a new growth deal signed yesterday. Funding of £20m is included for a redevelopment of Carlisle Station and the surrounding area, to act as a gateway to the region. Work to assess the benefits and challenges of extending the Edinburgh Tweedbank Borders Railway to Carlisle will also be progressed, including feasibility at the appropriate stage of business case development.

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Up to £452m of fresh investment is set to be brought to Scotland and the north of England under a new growth deal signed yesterday.

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A demolition train at Hawick station in 1970.
Location: Hawick [2nd]
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
//1970 Bruce McCartney

Integrated rail transport, but not for much longer. Steam meets diesel at St Boswells on the station's last day as a passenger junction, 13th June 1964. The footplate crew of the Standard Class 2 2-6-0 heading the 4.2 pm branch train to Kelso and Berwick (the last ever eastbound service) chat to the driver of the English Electric Type 4 hauling the 2.43 pm Edinburgh to Carlisle service.
Location: St Boswells
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
13/06/1964 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

Another pair of Class 365 EMUs are towed south from Glasgow to Crewe on 10 July 2019. The train was hauled by ROG 37800 and the rear of the train is seen at Carlisle, platform 4 during a brief stop. To the left is a Network Rail test train top and tailed with another two Class 37s.
Location: Carlisle
Company: Caledonian Railway
10/07/2019 John McIntyre

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