Border Counties Railway
The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire (now in the Borders region of Scotland). Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, which hoped to develop it as a through main line between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Border Counties Railway
The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire (now in the Borders region of Scotland). Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, which hoped to develop it as a through main line between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.
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The Border Counties Railway wa ...... n 1956 and completely in 1963.
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The Border Counties Railway wa ...... burgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.
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