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Culture, Posters & Adverts · 2015 · Waverley corridor

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Museum reopening feature · September 2015

The Borders Line Is Back

The museum connected the reopened Borders Railway with the former double-track Waverley Route and surviving closure material in its collection.

Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageNational Railway Museum blog · Source link – image reuse unconfirmed

Official evaluation record · 2015

Borders Railway Baseline Study

Transport Scotland's study records the route background, business case and evaluation framework against which the railway's effects would be assessed.

Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageTransport Scotland · Official source link

Opening-day announcement · 6 September 2015

Borders Services Hit the Tracks

Transport Scotland announced the first regular trains between Edinburgh and the Borders in almost half a century, including the inaugural 08:45 departure from Tweedbank.

Interpretive illustration · not an archive imageTransport Scotland · Official source link