Borders Railway

E60122

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.

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 → 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 →
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 →
serviceType	commuter rail → regional rail →
startPoint	Edinburgh Waverley railway station →
status	operational →
terminus	Edinburgh Waverley railway station → Tweedbank railway station →
trackConfiguration	mostly single track →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Scottish Borders →	hasRailwayLine
Scottish rail network →	includesLine
Edinburgh Waverley →	isOnLine
Midlothian →	traversedBy