Hopes rise in the Borders as work starts on rail link
Work on reopening a rail link between Edinburgh and the Borders officially started yesterday, as ministers emphasised their commitment to the controversial scheme.
Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson, who was in Galashiels to cut the first sod of the Borders Rail Project, promised it would breathe new economic life into the region by replacing the Waverley line that was axed in the Beeching cuts of the 1960s.
