Date: 07/05/2015

It has been hailed for its major tourist potential and will be the longest new line in Scotland for a century, but the Borders Railway also threatens to become a classic example of how not to build a railway.

The re-opening of a 30-mile section of the historic Waverley route between Edinburgh and Carlisle was a leap of faith when conceived more than a decade ago - as it will serve a relatively sparsely populated area.

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