Border Union Railway

Border Union Railway
Overview
Locale	Dumfriesshire & Roxburghshire, Scotland; Cumberland, England
History
Opened	21 July 1859
Successor line	London and North Eastern Railway
Closed	31 December 1922
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend Edinburgh and Hawick Railway Hawick Stobs Shankend Whitrope Tunnel Whitrope Summit Riccarton Junction Border Counties Railway Steele Road Newcastleton Langholm Gilnockie Canonbie Scotland England Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Scotch Dyke Caledonian main line Longtown Gretna (CR)│Gretna Longtown Depot Lyneside Floriston (CR) Harker Rockcliffe (CR) Parkhouse Halt Port Carlisle Junction Port Carlisle Jn│Port Carlisle Branch Jn Caldew Junctions Rome Street Junction Carlisle Citadel Forks Junction│Citadel South Junctions Bog Junction (under bridge) Currock Jn│Upperby Jn│London Rd Jn Maryport and Carlisle Railway Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Petteril Bridge Junction Settle–Carlisle line Newcastle & Carlisle Railway

Border Union (North British) Railways Act 1859
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to authorize the North British Railway Company to make a Railway from their Hawick Line to the Port Carlisle Railway near Carlisle, with divers Branches therefrom, and for other Purposes.
Citation	22 & 23 Vict. c. xxiv

The Border Union Railway was a railway line which connected places in the south of Scotland and Cumberland in England. It was authorised on 21 July 1859 by the Border Union (North British) Railways Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. xxiv) 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.