Waverley Route

Waverley Route
NBR K Class No. 256 Glen Douglas at St Boswells in 1961
Overview
Status	Partially open
Locale	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Borders, Carlisle Great Britain
Termini	Edinburgh Waverley Carlisle Citadel
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
History
Opened	1849, 2015
Closed	1969
Technical
Line length	98+1⁄4 mi (158.1 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

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Legend
Carstairs, Glasgow, Dunblane, and Aberdeen lines Edinburgh Waverley Jock's Lodge Portobello East Junction East Coast Main Line Portobello Joppa (1847–1859) Brunstane Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Niddrie Newcraighall Shawfair Millerhill marshalling yard East Coast Main Line Cairney Millerhill Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway Sherriffhall Glenesk Viaduct Glenesk Glenesk Junction Dalkeith Lasswade Road Eskbank and Dalkeith Macmerry Branch Peebles Railway Newbattle Viaduct Eskbank Dalhousie Newtongrange Lady Victoria Colliery Gorebridge Fushiebridge Tynehead Heriot Falahill Summit Fountainhall Lauder Light Railway Stow Bowshank Tunnel Bowland Torwoodlee Tunnel Peebles Railway Galashiels Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Redbridge Viaduct Tweedbank Melrose Newstead Berwickshire Railway to Duns St. Boswells Kelso Line to Tweedmouth and Jedburgh Charlesfield Halt Ale Water Viaduct Belses Hassendean Hawick Teviot Viaduct Lynnwood Viaduct Stobs Viaduct Stobs Shankend Viaduct Shankend Whitrope Tunnel Whitrope Siding and summit (Waverley Route Heritage Association) Riccarton Junction Border Counties Railway Steele Road Sandholm Viaduct Newcastleton Langholm Gilnockie Canonbie Scotland England Kershope Foot Nook Pasture Penton Riddings Junction Thistle Viaduct Scotch Dyke Longtown Longtown Viaduct Caledonian main line Gretna Longtown Depot Lyneside Harker Parkhouse Halt Port Carlisle Junction Caldew Junctions Carlisle Citadel Newcastle & Carlisle Railway Settle–Carlisle line Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Maryport and Carlisle Railway

The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened in 1862. The line was nicknamed after the immensely popular Waverley Novels, written by Sir Walter Scott.

The line was closed in 1969, as a result of the Beeching Report. Part of the line, from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, reopened in September 2015.^[1][2] The reopened railway is known as the Borders Railway.