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'We're talking about the completion of the line, not the extension'. Its mission has never been in doubt - to restore train services to underserved communities the full length of the former Waverley Line between Edinburgh and Carlisle.
(Permalink) Border Union Railway Borders Railway Edinburgh and Hawick Railway  Tweedbank: ScotRail 170408 standing in platform 2 at Tweedbank terminus on 8 April 2022.  Hawick [2nd]: Platform scene at Hawick station looking north on the last day... Sunday 5 January 1969. The gentleman on the left with Border Terrier Mickey is a Mr McCartney (senior) and the train on the right is ...  St Boswells: View north through St Boswells station in the mid 1960s. On the right is the bay platform used by trains on the Kelso and Berwick line and immediately to the right of that stands the 2-road locomotive ... |
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Extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle would be the 'best solution' to solve connectivity issues, say councils. [See Borderlands Partnership announcement of the 5th below. -RS]
(Permalink) Border Union Railway Carlisle Edinburgh and Hawick Railway Hawick Langholm Melrose Newcastleton St Boswells  Melrose: The old station at Melrose in November 2016. View is east with the A6091 Melrose bypass just visible on the right of the picture.  Hawick [1st]: The view south towards the station, shed and goods yard at Hawick. The original station had been straight ahead and the replacement on the line curving to the left to cross the Teviot.  Newcastleton: A cold winters night in January 1969 fails to deter protestors at Newcastleton, led by local minister The Reverend Brydon Maben, from blocking the level crossing gates and thus the passage of the last ... |
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The Borderlands Partnership has published a Borders Railway Prospectus which will inform ongoing discussions with the UK and Scottish governments for the extension of the Borders Railway to Carlisle.
(Permalink) Border Union Railway Carlisle Edinburgh and Hawick Railway Hawick Langholm Melrose Newcastleton St Boswells Melrose: The old station at Melrose in November 2016. View is east with the A6091 Melrose bypass just visible on the right of the picture. Hawick [1st]: The view south towards the station, shed and goods yard at Hawick. The original station had been straight ahead and the replacement on the line curving to the left to cross the Teviot. Newcastleton: A cold winters night in January 1969 fails to deter protestors at Newcastleton, led by local minister The Reverend Brydon Maben, from blocking the level crossing gates and thus the passage of the last ... |
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A rallying call for an extension of Borders Railway to Hawick not to be forced off the track has been issued by the towns concerned provost.
(Permalink) Border Union Railway Borders Railway Hawick  Hawick [2nd]: A dull and overcast day at Hawick in February 1965, with St Margarets B1 no 61344 awaiting departure time with an Edinburgh train.
 Hawick [2nd]: The RCTS Farewell to the Waverley Route railtour prepares to leave Hawick on 5 January 1969 behind Deltic D9007 Pinza. Hawick station pilot D8606 is standing over on the left while a dmu ...  Hawick [2nd]: The evocatively named Wandering Willie, one of the Reid ex-NBR Scott class D30 4-4-0s, seen backing out of the platform at Hawick in 1957, one year before its withdrawal. |
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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. 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.
(Permalink) Border Union Railway Carlisle Hawick  Carlisle: 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. T ...  St Boswells: 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- ... |
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A campaign group has told a review into the completion of a railway route that it would bring 'significant strategic benefits'.
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