Campaign for Borders Rail Press Release – Wednesday, 30 August 2017 Carlisle and Campaign put Railway Development on the Agenda Carlisle City Council’s Leader, Cllr Colin Glover, has held joint talks with the Campaign for Borders Rail, agreeing to stimulate economic growth through reinstatement of the railway between Carlisle, Longtown, and the Scottish Borders. The prospect […]
Campaign report calls for a new Cross-Border Rail link A report detailing the advantages of enhancing and extending the Borders Railway to better serve more communities directly has been published by the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR). CBR-2017-Summary Case-Digital Version Under the report proposals, the service that opened in September 2015 between Edinburgh, Galashiels and […]
Press release from Borders Rail Monitor – for immediate publication 3rd December 2016 RAIL MONITORING GROUP ATTACKS BORDERS RAILWAY ‘FORECASTING FAILURE’ Responding to ScotRail announcements [1] on the first year’s patronage of the Borders Railway and the planned introduction of extra coaches on the line’s trains, David Spaven of the Borders Rail Monitor group […]
Press release from Borders Rail Monitor In 45 weeks out of 52 since late-October 2015, train services on the new Borders Railway from Tweedbank to Edinburgh failed to meet ScotRail’s contractual punctuality target of 92.5% of trains arriving within 5 minutes of schedule, a new report [1] has revealed. The report, by Borders Rail […]
The Campaign for Borders Rail appreciates that there are many and varied transport needs in the Scottish Borders. A campaign spokesman said: “The resounding success of the new railway in tapping into huge and unpredicted demand for rail travel is a clear indication of the potential for capitalising on that success, which can only be […]
CBR NEWS RELEASE 6 September 2016 BORDERS RAILWAY ONE YEAR ON More passengers than forecast Lessons for a positive future Extension proposed to benefit more communities The first anniversary of the opening of the Borders Railway is an occasion to look to the future, the Campaign for Borders Rail has said. The route between Tweedbank […]
Members of the Scottish Parliament from May 2016, Campaign for Borders Rail MSPs from different parties are of interest to supporters of the Campaign for Borders Rail who seek enhancement of the line that opened last September and extension of the role of rail in the Scottish Borders. During the election campaign in the weeks […]
PRESS RELEASE 1100hrs, 14 May 2016 IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Huge Insult To Scotland Campaigners say Network Rail has completely failed to understand the vast ramifications of cancelling the Flying Scotsman visit to Borders and calls for a public enquiry. Campaign for Borders Rail says nothing short of a public enquiry will satisfy the anger felt […]
The Campaign continues to work towards extending the Borders Railway south to Hawick and Carlisle. The old route passed through Melrose, Newtown St Boswells, Hawick, Newcastleton and Longtown. The final route will subject to a professional study of the options, and may vary from the old route. However, the old route has been given a […]
This week Campaign for Borders Rail has sent out a flyer to all addresses in the TD9 postcode area (Hawick and Newcastleton). We are encouraging people to join the Campaign and get involved in making the case for extending the railway from Tweedbank to Hawick and Carlisle. http://www.campaignforbordersrail.org/support.html
