TIME TRAVELLER
Jun 11, 2018
2 minutes
50 YEARS AGO...JULY 1968
■ Any possibility of a reprieve for the Waverley Route between Carlisle and Edinburgh were ended when the Minister of Transport said a ‘social grant’ to keep the line open and services running could not be justified. It was estimated that to retain stopping services over the whole line would cost £700,000 per year (£12 million today) – and
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