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Author: Andrew Bethune

Press Release – Friday 10 July 2020

Rob Bell ‘Walking Britain’s Lost Railways’ named Patron of Campaign for Borders Rail The Campaign for Borders Rail is delighted to announce that television presenter, engineer and adventurer, Rob Bell is to be the lobby group’s first appointed patron. Rob is one of the best known faces on British and international television, for his many […]

Include Borders Railway in Big Build

PRESS RELEASE – Monday, 29 June 2020 Include Borders Railway in Big Build The Campaign for Borders Rail is calling on the UK Government to include extension of the Borders Railway, as a crucial project within their ‘Big Build’ economic revival programme, and to complete the line between Edinburgh, the Borders, and Carlisle. An announcement […]

Press Release -11 June 2020

Campaign for Borders Rail vindicated by report to National Infrastructure Commission A report, “High Speed Rail and Scotland”  prepared for submission to the National Infrastructure Commission by the High Speed Rail Group, recommends the completion of the Borders Railway on the grounds of economic regeneration, social inclusion, and strategic deployment of network capacity made possible by the construction […]