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Border Union Railway
Waverley Line
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Kingmoor (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Rockcliffe (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Westlinton (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Arthuret (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Nicholforest (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   railway
country:-   Scotland
locality type:-   railway
SummaryText:-   from Waverley Station, Edinburgh, via Hawick, Scotland; then Kershope Foot, Penton, Scotch Dyke, Longtown, Lyneside, Harker to Carlisle, Cumberland; AND branch from Longtown, Cumberland to Gretna, Scotland.
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photograph
BPQ99.jpg  NBR coat of arms.
(taken 2008)  courtesy of the National Railway Museum

person:-   railway company
 : North British RailwayNBR
date:-   1859
 to 1923

person:-   railway company
 : London and North Eastern RailwayLNER
date:-   1923
 to 1948

person:-   railway company
 : British RailwaysBR
date:-   1948

goes through:-    Canal Junction S, Carlisle
 Port Carlisle Junction, Carlisle
 Canal Junction N, Carlisle
 Waverley Viaduct, Carlisle
 railway bridge, Rockcliffe (2)
 Harker Station, Rockcliffe
 railway bridge, Newtown of Rockcliffe
 lineside hut, Newtown of Rockcliffe
 Lyneside Station, Westlinton
 railway depot, Westlinton
 railway bridge, Westlinton
[railway sidings, Arthuret]
[railway viaduct, Longtown]
[railway junction, Longtown]
 Longtown Station, Longtown
 railway bridge, Kirkandrews (5)
 Scotch Dyke Station, Kirkandrews
 Thistle Viaduct, Kirkandrews
 Riddings Station, Kirkandrews
 Riddings Junction, Kirkandrews
 railway bridge, Kirkandrews
 railway bridge, Nicholforest (2)
 Penton Station, Nicholforest
 railway bridge, Nicholforest (4)
 lime depot, Nicholforest
 railway bridge, Nicholforest
 Nook Pasture Station, Nicholforest
 railway bridge, Nicholforest (3)
 Kershopefoot Station, Kershopefoot
 railway bridge, Kershopefoot
21.7.1859: authorized -  

1861: opened -  

goes through:-    Riddings Junction, Kirkandrews
 Liddel Viaduct, Kirkandrews
 Canonbie Station, Scotland
21.7.1859: authorized -  

1861: opened -  

goes through:-   Gretna branch 
[Longtown Junction, Kirkandrews]
 Gretna Junction, Kirkandrews

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