Borders Railway

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passenger railway railway line

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Borders Railway canonical	30
Borders Railway project	5

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 ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Waverley railway station 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 ⓘ surface form: National Rail network of Great Britain
primaryPurpose	reconnect Edinburgh with the Scottish Borders ⓘ support economic regeneration in the Scottish Borders ⓘ
railwaySystem	ScotRail network ⓘ
regionServed	Lothian ⓘ Scottish Borders ⓘ
reusesRouteOf	Waverley Route ⓘ surface form: former Waverley Route
serviceType	commuter rail ⓘ regional rail ⓘ
startPoint	Edinburgh Waverley ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Waverley railway station
status	operational ⓘ
terminus	Edinburgh Waverley ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh Waverley railway station Tweedbank railway station ⓘ
trackConfiguration	mostly single track ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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 council area → transportServedBy → Borders Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Midlothian

Galashiels railway station → servedByLine → Borders Railway ⓘ

Galashiels railway station → partOfProject → Borders Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borders Railway project

Galashiels railway station → isKeyStopOn → Borders Railway ⓘ

Edinburgh–Borders Railway → alsoKnownAs → Borders Railway ⓘ

Brunstane railway station → railwayLine → Borders Railway ⓘ

Brunstane railway station → reopenedAsPartOf → Borders Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borders Railway project

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borders Railway project

Eskbank railway station → railwayLine → Borders Railway ⓘ

Tweedbank railway station → locatedOnLine → Borders Railway ⓘ

Tweedbank railway station → terminusOf → Borders Railway ⓘ

Tweedbank railway station → isPartOfProject → Borders Railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borders Railway project

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borders Railway project

Waverley railway station (nearby) → locatedOn → Borders Railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Waverley railway station

Scotland Route (Network Rail) → routeIncludes → Borders Railway ⓘ

River Gala → hasNearbyTransportRoute → Borders Railway ⓘ