For the pre-Beeching railway along the same route that closed in 1969, see Waverley Route.
Railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank
Borders Railway
Class 158 at Galashiels, August 2015
Overview
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Edinburgh Midlothian Scottish Borders
Termini
Edinburgh Waverley
Tweedbank
Stations
9
Website
bordersrailway.co.uk
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
ScotRail
Depot(s)
Tweedbank, Edinburgh Craigentinny
Rolling stock
Class 158 Class 170
Ridership
2,016,186 (2019)[1]
History
Opened
6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)
Technical
Line length
35 miles 25 chains (56.8 km)
Number of tracks
Single track (three passing loops)
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification
OHLE Waverley to Newcraighall, unelectrified Newcraighall to Tweedbank
Operating speed
90 mph (145 km/h) max.
Highest elevation
880 ft (270 m)
Route map
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Borders Railway
Legend
Carstairs (WCML), Glasgow,
Dunblane, and Aberdeen lines
Edinburgh Waverley
East Coast Main Line
Brunstane
Edinburgh Suburban and
Southside Junction Railway
Newcraighall
Millerhill Yard
Waverley Route
Shawfair
Edinburgh, Loanhead
and Roslin Railway
Edinburgh City Bypass
Waverley Route
Sheriffhall
Glenesk Viaduct
Dalkeith
Eskbank & Dalkeith
Macmerry Branch
Peebles Railway
Eskbank
Hardengreen Bridge
Newbattle Viaduct
Newtongrange
New Shank Bridge
Gorebridge
Fushiebridge
Tynehead
Heriot
Falahill Summit
Fountainhall
Lauder Light Railway
Stow
Bowshank Tunnel
Bowland
Torwoodlee Tunnel
Peebles Railway
Galashiels
Selkirk Line
Redbridge Viaduct
Tweedbank
Waverley Route
The Borders Railway connects the city of Edinburgh with Galashiels and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders. The railway follows most of the alignment of the northern part of the Waverley Route, a former double-track line in southern Scotland and northern England that ran between Edinburgh and Carlisle. That line was controversially closed in 1969, as part of the Beeching cuts, leaving the Borders region without any access to the National Rail network. Following the closure, a campaign to revive the Waverley Route emerged. Discussion on reopening the northern part of the line came to a head during the early 2000s. Following deliberations in the Scottish Parliament, the Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006 received royal assent in June 2006. The project was renamed the "Borders Railway" in August 2008, and building works began in November 2012. Passenger service on the line began on 6 September 2015, whilst an official opening by Queen Elizabeth II took place on 9 September.
The railway was rebuilt as a non-electrified, largely single-track line. Several surviving Waverley Route structures, including viaducts and tunnels, were rehabilitated and reused for the reopened railway. Passenger services run half-hourly on weekdays until 20:00, and hourly until 23:54 and on Sundays. The timetable also allows charter train promoters to run special excursion services, and for the weeks following the line opening scheduled steam trains were run.
^"Passenger numbers rise adds to pressure for extension of Borders Railway". The Southern Reporter. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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