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
Glenesk railway station station closed on 1 November 1874, although it was classed as an unadvertised use until 1886. Glenesk railway station Glenesk railway station is a railway station that served the village of Glenesk, Midothian, Scotland, from 1855 to 1874 on the Dalkeith banche of the Waverley Route. The station was opened in 1855 by the North British Railway. The station was known as Glenesk Junction in some timetables. It was located as a junction on the Waverley Line with the Dalkeith branch. There were no goods facilities, but there were private sidings located to the north of the station which served