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When the Queen officially opened the Borders Railway on September 9, 2015, it was widely hoped that the new line would transform Midlothian. But five years on has it done so?
(Permalink) Borders Railway Eskbank Fifth Anniversary Gorebridge Newtongrange Re-opening Shawfair  Gorebridge: ScotRail DMU 170401, forming the 0847 Tweedbank - Edinburgh, restarts from Gorebridge on Sunday 12 July 2020. The train is about to pass below the bridge carrying Station Road.  Shawfair: The well gritted, salted and deserted platforms of Shawfair station, looking north on a cold and frosty morning in February 2019. The train just arriving at platform 2 is the 1011 (Sunday) Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank. Noticeable in the background is the now operational Edinburgh and Midlothian Recycling and Energy Recovery Centre.  Eskbank: ScotRail 158703 forming the Sunday morning 1045 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley service, calls at Eskbank on 24 November 2016. The surviving platforms of the original Eskbank station are just visible on the other side of the A6094 road bridge in the distance. |
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How has the return of a train service after more than 40 years affected one small Scottish village?
(Permalink) Borders Railway Fifth Anniversary Re-opening Stow  Stow: Stow station, closed with the entire Waverley Route in 1969, reopened for the Borders Line in 2015, seen here on Sunday, 15th May 2016. Sadly, the building has not been revived for railway use. Rebuilding of the line at this location involved the demolition of a virtually brand new house that had been built on the track bed.  Stow: An Edinburgh bound services skips north through Stow without stopping.  Stow: Looking north along the Waverley route from the road bridge crossing the trackbed at Stow station on 19 October 2011, with the sky starting to brighten following a shower of rain. |
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Transport bosses have vowed to continue looking at options to extend the Borders Railway as the longest line to be built in Scotland in a century marks five years of successful operation today.
(Permalink) Borders Railway Borders Railway Extension Fifth Anniversary Re-opening |
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Today marks the fifth anniversary of the official opening of the Borders Railway by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
(Permalink) Borders Railway Fifth Anniversary Re-opening |
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