Waverley Route in 2006 after internal disputes surfaced at an annual general meeting. One of the founding members of the Friends of Riccarton Junction was subsequently involved in carrying out restoration works to Melrose station in 2010. Waverley Route The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remainder to Carlisle opened in 1862. The line was nicknamed after the immensely popular Waverley Novels, written by Sir Walter Scott. The line
Newstead railway station (Scotland) Newstead railway station (Scotland) Newstead railway station or Bradshaw railway station, as it was referred to in early editions of the timetable, was a railway station that served the village of Newstead, Melrose, Scotland, from 1849 to 1859 on the Waverley Line. The station opened in November 1849 by the North British Railway. The exact location of the station is not confirmed, but the station was believed to have been at either side of Haseldean Lane. The nearby goods yard may have been adjacent to the site of the station, but there is little information. The station disappeared from the