Alex Coomber
The Waverley Route. Edinburgh to Carlisle. 99 Miles. Edinburgh Waverley, Tynehead, Heriot, Stow, Galashiels, Melrose, St Boswells, Hawick, Shankend, Riccarton Junction, Steele Road, Newcastleton, Riddings Junction, Longtown and Carlisle. Once a major Anglo Scottish Trunk Railway. The Waverley Routes fortunes and those of the border towns. It served hit rock bottom when the line closed in 1969. Now the townsfolk of Galashiels await its northern renaissance with baited breath.