CBR has reacted angrily to news that Transport Scotland has reneged on its long-promised 55-minute maximum journey time from Edinburgh to the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank. The draft timetable issued for consultation earlier this week shows that 78% of Edinburgh-Tweedbank trains will be timed to take longer than 55 minutes, as will 39% of […]
Just a year after CBR – together with Claudia Beamish MSP – persuaded Transport Minister Keith Brown that the Tweedbank station tracks should be extended to handle 12-coach tourist charter trains, there’s more good news on the campaigning front. Transport Scotland’s recent Draft Invitation to Tender for the ScotRail franchise reveals that CBR’s lobbying for […]
CBR’s latest press release trails the 2013 AGM & public meeting in Hawick on Wednesday 27th November and calls for a full feasibility study of extending the Borders Railway south from Tweedbank. See: Press_release_18_November_2013_AGM_HAWICK_EXTENSION
In advance of tomorrow’s SBC Planning Committee meeting, Nick Bethune, London Officer of CBR, has urged councillors to ensure that the proposed new road overbridge at Falahill provides sufficent width for future double-tracking of the railway: “I am writing to you on behalf of the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) about Network Rail’s planning application […]
CBR has responded enthusiastically to the Leeds-based ‘Rail North’ consultation, endorsing the emphasis on improving connectivity from within the region to major centres in other regions such as Edinburgh and Glasgow. It has also made three key suggestions: 1 – The Rail North consortium should be expanded to include representation from local authorities in the […]
The 44th CBR newsletter has now been published, featuring: * AGM 2013: Onwards to Hawick * Dear Diary – we’ve been busy * Social Media Like & Tweet us * Hassendean – a bridge to star * Community Rail joint ticketing * Get on the CBR Committee – it’s fun and free. The electronic version […]
CBR has announced details of its 2013 Annual General Meeting, which is to be held on Wednesday 27th November at the Tower Mill auditorium in Hawick. The meeting will start promptly at 6.30pm and is open to the general public and CBR members alike. Official business, including election of office-bearers will be conducted between 6.30 […]
In anticipation of the forthcoming issue of the Invitation to Tender for the next ScotRail franchise, CBR has written to Transport Scotland urging the government agency to ensure (1) that the trains used on the Borders Railway are modified to carry 6 cycle spaces per 3-car unit, and (2) that “the timetable specification should ensure […]
CBR has questioned Transport Scotland’s failure to ensure that the Borders Railway is ’future proofed’ to allow cost-effective double-tracking in the future. In its response [see link below] to the Network Rail planning application for a new road bridge to carry the A7 over the single-track railway at Falahill, the Campaign has advised Scottish Borders […]
Responding to the new road plan proposed by Network Rail, CBR has made an official submission to Scottish Borders Council (see link below) advising that “Our position in relation to the latest proposals for Falahill is that we cannot offer our support unless the A7 road bridge is redesigned to provide double-track clearances.” The planned […]
