Another indication that the railway really is coming – with thanks to Geoff Ruderham, who spotted this ad. https://firstgroup.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/js_job_details.php?reqid=6347

The Campaign for Borders Rail 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held in the National Mining Museum at Newtongrange at 19.30 on Tuesday, 6th November. The Speaker will be Dr Ann Glen who will give a presentation on the re-opening of the Airdrie-Bathgate line. CBR is seeking nominations for replacements for the posts of Chair, […]

Campaigners have got used to misinformation from John Lamont MSP, who describes the new railway as the “Galashiels Railway Project” – ignoring the benefits it will bring to a wide swathe of the Central Borders through bus-rail interchange and park-and-ride – but his latest effort plumbs the depths. A spurious new story in the Hawick […]

This is David Spaven here – I’ve taken over blog administration on behalf of CBR, and hope to be able to make regular postings in the exciting period following the anticipated announcement – in the next couple of weeks – of the go-ahead for construction of the Borders Railway. I look forward to your comments […]

Here’s an account of a meeting from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – containing details of the form of the route and elements of Network Rail’s progress with organising its construction – web link.

January 15th, and a frosty trackbed in the cutting north of Fountainhall, where site preparation is under way. The trackbed at this point climbs at 1:150 on its way to Falahill Summit, around four miles to the north. Network Rail, who have now taken on the construction of this line, will shortly announce whether it […]

Work is well under way to form the connection between Network Rail and the Borders Railway at Newcraighall. Here’s three images of the work by Network Rail’s contractors to realign the turnback siding at Newcraighall. It will form the connection to the Borders Railway itself – the latter will be neither owned nor maintained by […]

As the project moves into its build phase, advance works are in progress at various locations on the route. Removal of a defective accommodation bridge at Cowbraehill will allow for its replacement by a new structure. Some of the masonry from the old bridge will be reused on the Borders Railway project. The image shows […]

The end of September saw advance work begin at a number of sites along the Gala Water. More from Transport Scotland.

The discovery that high voltage electricity cables impinge on the planned site for Tweedbank Station may mean that the site of the new station is moved. More in this article and this one from the Border Telegraph.