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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 […]

CBR were delighted to hear Kate Forbes MSP, the Deputy First Minister, speak so strongly in favour of the success of the Borders Railway and the importance of the feasibility study into the case for extending the railway. In a radio interview with Ally McGilvray on Greatest Hits Radio, she said how proud she was […]

Campaign for Borders Rail’s Chris Norton has been invited to speak at a public meeting in Skipton Town Hall, Yorkshire, on 8 September at 7pm. The meeting is organised by SELRAP (The Skipton East Lancashire Action Partnership) whose aim is to have the 12-mile link reopened between Skipton and Colne. That line closed on 1970, […]

Latest Newsletter from the Cumbrian Railways Association kindly supplied by the Publicity Office. You can view the pages below or download a PDF. For further comment, contact Secretary John Liddle secretary@campaignforbordersrail.org

In a joint initiative, Marion Short, the Chair of the Campaign for Borders Rail, and David Hope-Jones, Chief Executive of the South of Scotland Destination Alliance have written to the leaders of the five main political parties in Scotland, asking that a commitment to extend the Borders Railway be included in their manifestos for the […]

A large timber processing plant in Moray has been granted planning permission for a rail connection and sidings. The West Fraser board factory near Dalcross is adjacent to the Inverness to Aberdeen railway line. Previous attempts to bring round timber to the plant by rail were frustrated by the lack of a direct rail connection […]

On Wednesday 4th June, Marion Short and Peter Heubeck held a virtual meeting with Graeme Johnstone of Scottish Borders Council and Martyn Ross of Turner and Townsend, who SBC have recently appointed to project manage the feasibility study. Martyn described his rail industry experience. He had initially worked in railway vehicle construction and repair in […]

On Friday 30th May, our Chair Marion Short and our Technical Adviser Peter Heubeck met Ms Julie Minns MP and her office manager at the constituency office in Carlisle. Julie, who was elected as the Carlisle MP at the recent General Election is a strong supporter of the Campaign and was one of our guest […]