Borders Railway

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Borders Railway is a Scottish rail line that reconnects Edinburgh with the Scottish Borders and Midlothian, serving as one of the longest new domestic railway lines built in the UK in recent decades.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Borders Railway canonical 30
Borders Railway project 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf passenger railway
railway line
connects Edinburgh
Midlothian
Scottish Borders
constructionStartDate 2013
country Scotland
electrification not electrified
endPoint Tweedbank railway station
fundingModel publicly funded
gauge standard gauge
hasOperator ScotRail
hasOwner Network Rail
hasStation Brunstane railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley

Eskbank railway station
Galashiels railway station
Gorebridge railway station
Newcraighall railway station
Newtongrange railway station
Shawfair railway station
Stow railway station
Tweedbank railway station
historicalPredecessor Waverley Route
lineLength approximately 30 miles
approximately 49 km
locatedIn Midlothian
Scottish Borders
United Kingdom
notableCharacteristic one of the longest new domestic railway lines built in the UK in recent decades
numberOfStations 7
openingDate 2015-09-06
operator ScotRail
owner Network Rail
partOf National Rail network of Great Britain
linked to: National Rail
primaryPurpose reconnect Edinburgh with the Scottish Borders
support economic regeneration in the Scottish Borders
railwaySystem ScotRail network
regionServed Lothian
Scottish Borders
reusesRouteOf former Waverley Route
linked to: Waverley Route
serviceType commuter rail
regional rail
startPoint Edinburgh Waverley railway station
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley
status operational
terminus Edinburgh Waverley railway station
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley

Tweedbank railway station
trackConfiguration mostly single track

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edinburgh Waverley isOnLine Borders Railway
Scottish rail network includesLine Borders Railway
Midlothian traversedBy Borders Railway
Scottish Borders hasRailwayLine Borders Railway
Waverley Station locatedOn Borders Railway
Galashiels railwayLine Borders Railway
Midlothian transportServedBy Borders Railway
subject linked to: Midlothian council area
Galashiels railway station servedByLine Borders Railway
Galashiels railway station partOfProject Borders Railway project
linked to: Borders Railway
Galashiels railway station isKeyStopOn Borders Railway
Edinburgh–Borders Railway alsoKnownAs Borders Railway
Brunstane railway station railwayLine Borders Railway
Brunstane railway station reopenedAsPartOf Borders Railway project
linked to: Borders Railway
Newtongrange railway station railwayLine Borders Railway
Newtongrange railway station openedWith Borders Railway
Shawfair railway station locatedIn Borders Railway
Shawfair railway station line Borders Railway
Shawfair railway station openedWith Borders Railway
Shawfair railway station partOf Borders Railway project
linked to: Borders Railway
Eskbank railway station railwayLine Borders Railway
Tweedbank railway station locatedOnLine Borders Railway
Tweedbank railway station terminusOf Borders Railway
Tweedbank railway station isPartOfProject Borders Railway project
linked to: Borders Railway
Gorebridge railwayServedBy Borders Railway
Waverley Route partialReopening Borders Railway
Waverley Route successorLine Borders Railway
Newtongrange servedBy Borders Railway
Newcraighall railway station railwayLine Borders Railway
Newcraighall railway station locatedOn Borders Railway
Gorebridge railway station railwayLine Borders Railway
Stow railway station locatedOnLine Borders Railway
Stow railway station reopeningProject Borders Railway project
linked to: Borders Railway
Waverley railway station locatedOn Borders Railway
River Gala hasNearbyTransportRoute Borders Railway