Project managers have been appointed to conduct a feasibility study into reinstating a railway line on the old Waverley route from Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders to Carlisle.
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As funding is confirmed for a feasibility study into extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle, Andy Comfort explores the route beyond the Tweedbank buffers.
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Deep Space 30DQ - 27/05/2025 22:21
This project will also include reinstating the kelso branch to the east coast mainline. , from a parkway station at newton st Boswell's , giving. A vital link from the west coast to east coast mainlines , it will also allow slower trains for Edinburgh to leave the congested rlwest coast line at Carlisle , and freight would for the first time run on the railway , it may also include the reinstated Peebles route as well, with them saying they hoped to reconnect at Galashiels or near to the town , also new double track sections from gorebridge to cope with the extra traffic , and potential bay platforms there, and at keilder Forrest a special logging train track would be. Built simajlr to one on the far north line would see a loading point built to reduce the number of logging trucks on the A7, freeing up traffic and putting freight in the railway , this new link could also see a passenger halt and cafe tousot office and toilet facilities and cabins built with provisions for tourist trains. Built as well..this I learnt from our local msp, who also stated their plans to try reinstate the ' paddy line ' from Cairnryan and Stranraer to Dumfries , a d at Gretna there eisbstill a link to longtown , which was provided for when the A74 was upgraded to motorway , this link would allow travellers from the west of Dumfries and Galloway a far quicker route to Edinburgh, by the 1 mile lik into the borders railway, should it once it is rebuilt Also trains using the settle Carlisle line could use the extended route just as they used too all those years ago.