Date: 05/10/2021

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.

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The old station at Melrose in November 2016. View is east with the A6091 Melrose bypass just visible on the right of the picture.
Location: Melrose
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
10/11/2016 John Furnevel

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.
Location: Hawick [1st]
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
27/12/2017 Ewan Crawford

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 scheduled train over the Waverley route, the 21.55 Waverley - St Pancras sleeper. David Steel MP, one of the passengers on the train, became a one-man arbitration service that night and was primarily responsible for Peak no 60 Lytham St Annes eventually being allowed to take the train forward over the crossing and continue its belated journey south.
Location: Newcastleton
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
06/01/1969 Bruce McCartney

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