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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    158740 passes through the site of Fushiebridge station about a mile from Gorebridge station. It closed to passengers on 4/10/1943 but unadvertised workmen's trains continued until 1/1/1959 serving the nearby Vogrie Colliery.
    158717 reappears and runs through the site of Fushiebridge station goods yard. Trains to Edinburgh are Down trains with Up trains going to Tweedbank as originally Up trains ran south through to London via Carlisle.
    The service, 2T73 1059 Tweedbank to Edinburgh passes the signal protecting the end of the three mile long dynamic loop. The former station here had a footbridge built on substantial stone abutments which stood until the line was rebuilt, all traces are now gone.