2. Railways

The reopened Borders Railway - The Waverley Route

On Sunday 6th of September 2015 the Borders Railway opened to passenger traffic. Three days later on 9th September it was officially opened by HM The Queen travelling in a special train hauled by John Cameron's A4 60009 "Union of South Africa". This is a rebuilt railway on the route of the North British Railway's famous "Waverley Route". The line runs to a terminus at Tweedbank, a new station between Galashiels and Melrose. There is talk of extending the route to Hawick, the last town of any great size along the former Edinburgh to Carlisle railway closed on 6/1/1969.
This is a journey in a southerly Up direction from Edinburgh to Tweedbank so will jump about with dates and rolling stock.
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    Another move and now I'm at Tynehead and first to be recorded is 158731 passing below the road over bridge at the site of the former station located just on the other side of it.
    158731 forms 2T81 1259 from Tweedbank to Edinburgh. This is the second of the three dynamic loops and is 3 miles 65 chains in length.
    The going away shot of 158731 as it takes the curve to the left through another deep cutting.