Date: 26/01/2022

A recent transport report by the Scottish Government has been branded an enormous let down by a Borders MP.

The second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) - which will inform investment priorities from 2022 to 2042 was released on Thursday.

However, the report has been criticised for failing to directly mention an extension to the Borders Railway.

External links

Borders Railway extension 'dead in the water', according to region's transport chief

Radio Borders

It's claimed any plans to extend the Borders Railway are "dead in the water"...

'Huge uncertainty created' as Scottish Government transport strategy document fails to rubber-stamp rail extension

The Southern Reporter

A new Scottish Government transport document's failure to give direct support for an extension of the Borders Railway to Hawick and on to Carlisle "creates huge uncertainty" over the project's future, a concerned councillor has claimed.

Related images

170426 arrives at platform 1, Tweedbank, with a service from Edinburgh on 21st June 2021. 170408 is spare in platform 2. In the background, the Borders Innovation Park takes shape.
Location: Tweedbank
Company: Borders Railway (Network Rail)
21/06/2021 Bill Roberton

A northbound Sunday track-lifting train approaches St Boswells in the spring of 1971.
Location: St Boswells
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
//1971 David Spaven

View north over the abandoned platforms at Hawick in 1975.
Location: Hawick [2nd]
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
//1975 Bill Roberton

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Tags: x STPR2 x Borders Railway x Borders Railway Extension x Waverley Route x Melrose x St Boswells x Hawick