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Press Release – 1st March 2022

CBR considers professional study Campaign looks ahead to Borders Railway Extension Study The Campaign for Borders Rail is considering commissioning its own research to support the case for extending the Edinburgh – Tweedbank railway to Hawick and Carlisle, thereby establishing a sustainable and socially inclusive communications and economic regeneration corridor throughout the Borderlands, fully integrated with the […]

Press Release – 10th February 2022

ScotRail must reflect ambition not austerity says Campaign for Borders Rail The Campaign for Borders Rail, the influential community group lobbying for a new strategic cross-border rail link between Scotland and England, has welcomed ScotRail’s decision to restore Borders Railway services to pre-pandemic levels on a trial basis.  The Campaign, along with other stakeholders, put […]

Press Release – 26th November 2021

The Campaign for Borders Rail has welcomed the opportunity to consider the Union Connectivity Review as published today by the Department for Transport. We do express some disappointment that the Review does not directly reference the wider strategic benefits of completing the Borders Railway through Hawick to Carlisle, thereby providing a much-needed cross-border link, helping […]

Press Release – 22nd June 2021

The Campaign for Borders Rail – the successful pressure group seeking completion of the Borders Railway through Hawick to Carlisle – has been in significant dialogue with ministerial stakeholders, both in Holyrood and Westminster.   “We have succeeded in taking our message to key decision makers on both sides of the border,” said Marion Short, […]

Press Release – Saturday 9th January 2021

Complete the Borders Railway: Campaign tells Union Connectivity Review The Campaign for Borders Rail, the influential community-based group lobbying for extension and completion of the Borders Railway, has made its case to the Union Connectivity Review, commissioned by HM Government, and chaired by Network Rail’s Sir Peter Hendy. CBR has told the Review that completing […]

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 […]