Drop in sessions have started taking place for people who live along the route of the new borders railway.
Work to build the line will start early next year after a deal was signed with Network Rail. Residents are getting the chance to meet members of the project team and view their plans. The railway is due to be completed by summer 2015. Network Rail says disruption will be kept to a minimum.
Network Rail have arranged a number of drop in sessions for residents along the route of the new Borders railway.
The route will go from Edinburgh to the Tweedbank and construction work is due to be completed in summer 2015. Earlier this month responsibility for the delivery of the route was formally passed to Network Rail and advance works are already underway.
Network rail say residents will begin to see equipment along the route and increased traffic and to keep residents informed they are holding a series of drop in sessions.
They say the sessions will allow residents to view the plans and speak to the project team.
The full programme of sessions are:
The Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) has welcomed the official signing of the transfer of responsibility for the construction of the Borders Railway.
They said that now the signing is complete, Network Rail can officially begin the construction phase of the Borders Railway Project which will re-establish passenger railway services from Edinburgh through Midlothian to Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders for the first time in over 40 years.
– Lorne Anton, Chairperson, Campaign for Borders Rail"CBR was launched in 1999 and has played a key role in leading grassroots support for the return of the railway – not least without a 17,200 signature Petition presented to the Scottish Parliaments Petitions Committee in March 2000.
“CBR wishes to put on record its thanks to all Scotlands National and Local Government Agencies, Government Ministers, MPs, MSPs, Councillors, business and trade union organisations, the Association of Community Rail Partnerships, tourism organisations, members of the public and supporters who have come together to give the Borders and Midlothian our railway back.”
Network rail will officially take over the responsibilty to re establish a railway line between Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans, will hand over the project to Network Rail, marking the start of the construction phase of the project. It will re-establish, for the first time in 40 years, a passenger railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders.
Network rail will officially take over the responsibilty to re establish a railway line between Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.
Keith Brown MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans, will hand over the project to Network Rail, marking the start of the construction phase of the project. It will re-establish, for the first time in 40 years, a passenger railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders.
Once finished the line will include 30 miles of new railway with 10 stops and 7 new stations. It aims to be a fast, efficient rail service between Scotland's capital and the Borders and expects to bring major economic and social benefit.
Network Rail have been fined over the Cumbrian crash in 2007 which killed one person and injured nearly 90 others.
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