Border Union Railway

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Locale Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire Scotland; Cumberland, England Dates of operation 21 July 1859 – 31 December 1922 Successor line London and North Eastern Railway Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
Edinburgh and Hawick Railway Hawick Stobs Shankend Whitrope Tunnel Whitrope Summit Riccarton Junction    Border Counties Railway Steele Road Newcastleton Langholm Gilnockie Canonbie English/Scottish Border Kershope Foot Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke    Caledonian Railway Main Line Longtown Gretna (CR) / Gretna Longtown Depot Floriston (CR) Lyneside Rockcliffe (CR) Harker Willowholme / Port Carlisle Branch Junctions Caldew Junctions Carlisle Citadel Citadel South Junctions London Road Junction    Maryport and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction    Newcastle and Carlisle Railway    Settle and Carlisle Line    Lancaster and Carlisle Railway

The Border Union Railway was a railway line in south of Scotland. It was authorised on 21 July 1859 and advertised as the Waverley Route by the promoters - the North British Railway.^[1] It connected the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway at Hawick with Carlisle.

History

The first section of the route was opened between Carlisle and Scotch Dyke on 12 October 1861, to Newcastleton on 1 March 1862, Riccarton Junction on 2 June 1862 and throughout on 24 June 1862.^[1] The railway was built as a double-track main line throughout.

Connections to other lines

• Edinburgh and Hawick Railway at Hawick
• Border Counties Railway at Riccarton Junction
• Caledonian Railway Main Line at Gretna
• Maryport and Carlisle Railway, Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, Midland Railway Settle and Carlisle Line and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Carlisle Citadel

Current operations

The line was closed to all traffic by British Railways on 5 January 1969. The line was dismantled in 1971.^[1]

The Waverley Route Heritage Association are working on reopening a short section at Whitrope as a heritage railway.

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Awdry (1990)

Sources

• Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• "RAILSCOT on Border Union Railway". http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Border_Union_Railway/frame.htm. 
• "RAILSCOT on Langholm Branch". http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Langholm_Branch/frame.htm.