A PLANNED 35-mile rail network from Scotland's capital into the heart of the Borders is on track to be a repeat of the Edinburgh trams debacle, it has been claimed.
The warning came after the Borders Railway Project, that would link Edinburgh to Tweedbank for the first time since 1969, suffered extended delays and escalating costs.
Tory MSP John Lamont's comments came after figures released under the Freedom of Information Act that show completion has been delayed by a year to 2015, and that it will cost almost double the original budget of £115 million.
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