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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    Moving onto the opposite side of the Gore water Valley and I look down through the cutting about half way up, or down, Borthwick Bank. 158731 approaches and shows the steep nature of the railway here on Borthwick Bank.
    2T80 1154 Edinburgh to Tweedbank comes through the cutting which has been profiled and protected with stone filled gabions to stop the sides from slipping at any point.
    Vast tonnage of stone has been placed onto the cutting sides to aid drainage and prevent slippage and the base of the cutting is supported by rock filled gabions built up in such a way as to provide refuges for track workers.