The Anonymous Widower

An Excellent First Month For The Borders Railway

According to this article on the BBC, which is entitled Borders Railway journeys top 125,000 in first month of operation, the Borders Railway has started with a high level of usage.

I suspect a lot of the usage in the first month is probably down to the novelty value of the railway and we won’t get a true pattern of usage until a couple of months.

But if this level of usage, is sustained, the following will happen.

• New four-car IPEMU trains will be procured for the railway, as they could handle the route with ease and would double the capacity.
• Planning will start to extend the route to Hawick and Carlisle.

Network Rail will also have to look seriously into how they calculate traffic forecasts.

October 7, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Borders Railway, Edinburgh, Trains