Get involvedpublished at 11:23 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2015
Steve emails: Great news that the railway is back. Just replacing what Beeching stole from the communities of this area. People will have the option of leaving the car to travel and better for people without a car. More track is required back in other places like Fraserburgh, again sadly without a rail link.
Ross Clark emails: The rail link into the borders is long over due. The benefits of this will be one apparent early on. This may also provide the justification to extend onward to Carlisle. The people who live on the route now no longer have to use either their own car or bus service to get into Edinburgh.
It is a real shame the line didn't go into Melrose in the first instance as I'm sure the road traffic heading down for the Melrose sevens would be a lot less and would also contribute towards line line paying itself back. Roll on September 6th and the line being being well used by borders community and tourists.