Borders Railway, 25 September 2016

32 photos of a trip over the new Edinburgh - Tweedbank line behind 46100 Royal Scot. The railway runs in the course of the northern end of the Edinburgh - Carlisle Waverley route, closed in 1969. it is 35 miles long, single track with three crossing loops and opened on 6 September 2015. Reinstatement has cost £294 million, or nearly £1 million per mile. I have also included three photos of the Waverley route fragment still in use near Carlisle, and one of 66528, named after a veteran Borders Railway campaigner.

Shawfair station, Sun 25 September 2016 - 1002. The reinstated line starts at Newcraighall, just under five miles from Waverley. Shawfair is the first station. It is on the first of three crossing loops on the single track line. There was no station here in steam days.

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Shawfair station, Sun 25 September 2016 - 1002. The reinstated line starts at Newcraighall, just under five miles from Waverley. Shawfair is the first station. It is on the first of three crossing loops on the single track line. There was no station here in steam days.