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Campaign for Borders Rail

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There's plenty about the Borders Railway extension proposals in today's Hawick Paper (10 January) and if you live in the Borders you might want to buy a copy from your local newsagent. Otherwise, you'll need to subscribe to read the paper online.On page 3, Marion Short, Chair of Campaign for Borders Rail, outlines her hopes for the year 2025, touching on the above national average increases in passenger numbers on the Edinburgh - Tweedbank section, commenting on the delay to the UK Government's commitment to its £5 million share of 4th feasibility study (we expect to hear by the end of March when the Treasury's financial review is completed) and referring to the CenterParcs development.Pages 8 and 9 are devoted to New Year messages from local councillors who represent Hawick, Newcastleton and Denholm. Many of them mention the railway.The Grumpy Auld Man (page 10) touches on the 'bureaucratic limbo' in which the rail extension finds itself. He notes that 'getting trains extended to Melrose, Newtown St Boswells and Hawick, would further consolidate and fundamentally strengthen passenger growth via sustainable and environmentally-friendly public transport'.On page 13, John Lamont MP comments on the railway suggesting that 'at the very least it is worth progressing the feasibility study so we can establish the most effective and efficient way to proceed'.To view the Hawick Paper online visit thehawickpaper.co.ukTo support Campaign for Borders Rail visit campaignforbordersrail.org/support/Annual membership - which includes receiving newsletters by email - costs only £10. ... See MoreSee Less

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Building On Success

We’re a long-established pressure group promoting the benefits of modern train services for communities across the Borderlands. Our grassroots campaign saw the rail link from Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders reopened. Now we’re lobbying to extend the popular Borders Railway onward to Hawick and Carlisle. Campaign for Borders Rail is an independent community-based association with over 1000 members. Founded in 1999, it has been one of the most successful grassroots rail campaigns in Great Britain, a story of concerned citizens from all walks of life getting together to right the 1969 injustice of complete closure of the 98-mile Waverley Route through the Scottish Borders.