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Waverley Route

Waverley Route
Edinburgh Waverley
Jock's Lodge
Portobello East Junction
LowerRight arrowEast Coast Main Line
Portobello
Joppa
(1847–1859)
Brunstane
Left arrow
Niddrie
Newcraighall
Shawfair
Millerhill marshalling yard
Right arrowEast Coast Main Line
Cairney
Millerhill
LowerLeft arrow
Sherriffhall
Glenesk Viaduct
Glenesk
Glenesk Junction
Dalkeith
Lasswade Road
Eskbank and Dalkeith
Right arrowMacmerry Branch
Down arrowPeebles Railway
Newbattle Viaduct
Eskbank
Dalhousie
Newtongrange
Lady Victoria Colliery
Gorebridge
Fushiebridge
Tynehead
Heriot
Falahill Summit
Fountainhall
Right arrowLauder Light Railway
Stow
Bowshank Tunnel
Bowland
Torwoodlee Tunnel
Up arrowPeebles Railway
Galashiels
Left arrowSelkirk and Galashiels Railway
Redbridge Viaduct
Tweedbank
Melrose
Newstead
Right arrow
St. Boswells
Right arrow
Charlesfield Halt
Ale Water Viaduct
Belses
Hassendean
Hawick
Teviot Viaduct
Lynnwood Viaduct
Stobs Viaduct
Stobs
Shankend Viaduct
Shankend
Whitrope Tunnel
Riccarton Junction
Right arrowBorder Counties Railway
Steele Road
Sandholm Viaduct
Newcastleton
Langholm
Gilnockie
Canonbie
Kershope Foot
Nook Pasture
Penton
Riddings Junction
Thistle Viaduct
Scotch Dyke
Longtown
Longtown Viaduct
Up arrowCaledonian Main Line
Gretna
Longtown Depot
Lyneside
Harker
Parkhouse Halt
Port Carlisle Junction
Caldew Junctions
Carlisle Citadel
Down arrowNewcastle and Carlisle Railway
Down arrowSettle–Carlisle line
Down arrowLancaster and Carlisle Railway
Down arrowMaryport 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. The reopened railway is known as the Borders Railway.

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