Traffic and Travel

Borders Buses has launched a new web site which offers customers live bus tracking, real time updates and directions to bus stops.

An online petition has been launched using the 38 degrees platform, calling for the government and train operators to provide a later train service to Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Plans to create more than 100 new parking spaces at Berwick railway station are being prepared.

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has confirmed the company’s world-class Azuma trains will be introduced on the route connecting Edinburgh, the north east of England and London King’s Cross from Thursday, August 1, 2019.

SENRUG, the group that campaigns for better rail services in south and east Northumberland - has secured funding for a feasibility study into a local rail service between Morpeth and Berwick.

ScotRail has teamed up with Borders Buses to bring integrated travel to the Borders Railway by offering a new all-in-one rail and bus ticket.

The Scottish Government is under pressure to back a full feasibility study into extending the Borders Railway.

A fleet of low emission vehicles is now available for Borders residents to hire for an hour or several days at a time.

During a Westminster debate last week Borders MP John Lamont said it is time to stop the “dither and delay” over Reston Station.

The lack of investment in major roads in the Borders - particularly the A1 through Berwickshire - has been criticised by local MP John Lamont.

Campaigners have welcomed the UK Government’s backing for a full feasibility study into proposals to extend the Borders Railway to Hawick and Carlisle.

Improving rail and road infrastructure in the Borders will form part of Transport Scotland’s review of strategic connections across Scotland

Borders MP John Lamont is determined that work on re-opening Reston Station is not kicked into the long grass again.

Charges for workplace parking in the region will not be introduced by Scottish Borders Council.

Three houses in Market Square, Coldstream were evacuated following a gas leak on Monday afternoon, February 4.

The new Reston station will have a longer platform than had previously been outlined when it re-opens between now and 2024.

There is greater optimism in the campaign camp for the re-opening of Reston and East Linton stations than there has been for some time.

An event to promote rail connectivity between Edinburgh and Newcastle and Berwick, as a commuter town, is to be held in Berwick on Thursday, January 31, at the Town Hall at 7pm.