Kelso council keen to see Borders Railways return to town [Scotsman]





Date: 10/10/2019

Kelso must make its voice heard loud and clear if it is to have any hope of bringing a rail line back to the town.


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Kelso council keen to see Borders Railways return to town

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Kelso must make its voice heard loud and clear if it is to have any hope of bringing a rail line back to the town.

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Standard Class 2 2-6-0 no 78047 with the branch train at Kelso in April 1962 preparing to return to St Boswells. Kelso station lost its passenger service in 1964, with the line from Kelso Junction closing 4 years later.
Location: Kelso
Company: Kelso Branch (North British Railway)
/04/1962 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)
Solitary, stark pronouncement pasted to the British Railways notice board at Kelso in March 1968.
Location: Kelso
Company: Kelso Branch (North British Railway)
30/03/1968 Bruce McCartney
The site of Kelso station looking west towards St Boswells on 27 December 2016. The waving eejit is standing at the junction of the A698, which now occupies the trackbed and the B6352 Station Road, at the spot where a bridge once carried the latter over the station [see image 31572]. [Ref query 333]
Location: Kelso
Company: Kelso Branch (North British Railway)
27/12/2016 John Furnevel