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Culture, Posters & Adverts · 1969 · Waverley corridor
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Closure and protest record · 5-6 January 1969
The Final Waverley Passenger Trains
The Waverley Route Heritage Association records the last scheduled services, the Newcastleton blockade and the beginning of physical dismantling two days later.
Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageWaverley Route Heritage Association · Source link – reuse rights reservedClosure notice record · 1969
Waverley Route Closure Notice
The National Railway Museum's reopening feature identifies and illustrates a surviving 1969 closure notice from its collection. The Explorer links to that museum interpretation without copying the protected page image.
Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageNational Railway Museum · Source link – image reuse unconfirmedBorders community film · June 1970
Joint Outing to St Mary's Loch
An Edinburgh Cine Society and Hawick Film Group outing records families travelling to St Mary's Loch for a hotel visit and picnic.
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive · Archive link – reuse rights unresolvedRestoration campaign record · 10 November 1999
Scottish Parliament Backs a Borders Rail Link
The Scottish Parliament debate recognised Borders Transport Futures and Campaign for Borders Rail and supported restoration of a Borders rail link.
Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageOfficial Report, Scottish Parliament · Official source linkRailway restoration legislation · 2006
Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006
Royal Assent transformed the long restoration campaign into an authorised railway project. The legislation is linked as a primary record rather than paraphrased as campaign publicity.
Interpretive illustration · not an archive imagelegislation.gov.uk · Official source linkConstruction milestone · April 2014
Borders Railway Construction Begins
Transport Scotland's baseline study records the 2006 Act, transfer of delivery responsibility, the 2012 construction commitment and the beginning of actual construction in April 2014.
Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageBorders Railway Baseline Study · Official source link