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The Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament.It authorises the construction of the Borders Railway from a point in Midlothian immediately south of Newcraighall in the City of Edinburgh to Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders, including stations at Shawfair, Eskbank, Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Stow of Wedale, Galashiels and Tweedbank.
Following the closure, a campaign to revive the Waverley Route emerged. Discussion on reopening the northern part of the line came to a head during the early 2000s. Following deliberations in the Scottish Parliament, the Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006 received royal assent in June 2006. The project was renamed the "Borders Railway" in ...
Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; [3] Scottish Gaelic: Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central .
The full route remained the property of Network Rail and unlike the Borders Railway which required the Waverley Railway (Scotland) Act 2006, no such Act of the Scottish Parliament will be required for the Levenmouth rail link. The reopened line serves stations at Leven and Cameron Bridge.
Following elections to the Scottish Parliament in May 2007, the Scottish National Party formed a new minority government. As of June 2007, both the tram project and rail link to Edinburgh Airport (described below) were scrutinised by the Scottish Executive with a view to possible cancellation, largely on grounds of cost.
The engineer Thomas Bouch was engaged to design a route [note 2] from the complex of lines west of Haymarket to Portobello, and based on his work, an authorising act of Parliament for the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway was given royal assent as the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c ...