“The tenth anniversary of the Borders Railway and our continuing campaigning activities have attracted a lot of positive media interest on television, radio, newspapers and the railway press. There are two good feature articles in railway magazines to which we would like to draw your attention:- Rail Express – a four-page article by magazine editor Chris Milner […]
The Hawick Paper’s report of the last week’s anniversary event at the Tempest Brewery, Tweedbank, is in today’s edition (19 September, page 3). Hawick was well represented at the event. CBR’s Chair Marion Short attended. The newspaper article focusses mainly on what Hawick Councillor and Scottish Borders Council’s Convener, Watson McAteer said in his opening […]
This morning (9 September) Marion Short, Chair of Campaign for Borders Rail, was a guest on Black Diamond FM’s ‘Mid Morning’ programme. She chatted with radio host Geoff Ruderham about the 10 years of the reopeed Borders Railway and the outlook for completion of the line through to Hawick and Carlisle. If you missed it, […]
10th Anniversary Civic Reception Representatives of Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) attended a civic reception on Wednesday 9th September marking ten years since the Borders Railway was officially opened by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The event was hosted by Cllr Watson McAteer, Convenor of Scottish Borders Council (SBC) at The Tempest Brewing Co’s […]
The First Minister praises the benefits of the Borders Railway at 10th anniversary event. Marion Short, the Chair of the Campaign for Borders Rail and Peter Heubeck, our Technical Advisor, were delighted to be present at an event held on Saturday 6th September in The Great Tapestry building in Galashiels, which was organised by Network […]
How has the Borders Railway changed the towns and villages it serves? And what do its reopening and successes say about transport policy in Scotland? This article in the Herald newspaper investigates, with comments from local residents in Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Stow and Galashiels. There’s a quote about Hawick’s lack of a railway from Campaign for […]
A fantastic achievement for the railway and all those involved! John Swinney visits Galashiels to mark 10 years of Borders Railway https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/galashiels/25446801.john-swinney-visits-galashiels-mark-10-years-borders-railway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawMqdK1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHshhiZq6uLqVW7UpUz_pMuBNQxRL-n5iPD0p14vnC1vb-rRySdeyw42zDhgX_aem_zYafkZF2I2P9z1I7dnUhHg#Echobox=1757198039 For further comment, contact Secretary John Liddle secretary@campaignforbordersrail.org
Borders Railway: The region that got its railway back – BBC News https://share.google/p1rwZzHQZma6fyn8w For further comment, contact Secretary John Liddle secretary@campaignforbordersrail.org
Our Chair, Marion Short, has a busy life, and since the feasibility study for extending the Borders Railway and completing it to Carlisle has got under way, she’s got even busier. In today’s Hawick Paper (5 September, page 11) Marion gives an update on her activities, including many interviews with the media BBC Radio Scotland, […]
A brewery is raising a glass to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the reopening of Borders Railway by launching a new beer. Tweedbank-based Tempest Brewery is proud to announce the release of a limited-edition beer, Fast Track 10, to mark the milestone. This exclusive ale will be available to buy from September 9, marking its […]
