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Final rails laid for Borders line re-opening

20 February 2015
The final piece of rail was clipped in at Tweedbank by Keith Brown, the cabinet secretary for infrastructure, investment and cities. Left to right: Nissar Mohammed, project director, BAM; Keith Brown; and Hugh Wark, project director, Network Rail
The final piece of rail was clipped in at Tweedbank by Keith Brown, the cabinet secretary for infrastructure, investment and cities. Left to right: Nissar Mohammed, project director, BAM; Keith Brown; and Hugh Wark, project director, Network Rail

 

Scotland’s infrastructure minister Keith Brown (pictured, centre) was on hand to witness the completion of track laying last week on Network Rail’s £330m Borders Railway project, the longest new domestic railway built in Britain for over a century. Services on the 30-mile route between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels, will commence in September. Seven new stations are being built (from north to south): Shawfair, Eskbank, Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Stow,...

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