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dowlingm said:
The original article and this one says battery trains are being procured
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Yes, this is an announcement of funding from the Scottish government to start the upgrade. The current technology is, as Paul notes, DMU.

The line was originally called the Waverly Route and used to go right through the Borders region to Carlisle, joining the West Coast Main Line and the Settle to Carlisle line. There were protests when it was closed, in 1969, including the arrest of local clergy for blocking the path of the final train.
crs1026 said:
the Borders Railway was both overspent and overcrowded.... apparently more successful than expected
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Reopened rail lines in the UK seem to be successful in attracting riders. For example, the Northumberland Line only has 3 of its 6 stations open but has transported 500,000 passengers in its first 7.5 months of operation.
 
urbancog said:
Yes, this is an announcement of funding from the Scottish government to start the upgrade. The current technology is, as Paul notes, DMU.

The line was originally called the Waverly Route and used to go right through the Borders region to Carlisle, joining the West Coast Main Line and the Settle to Carlisle line. There were protests when it was closed, in 1969, including the arrest of local clergy for blocking the path of the final train.

Reopened rail lines in the UK seem to be successful in attracting riders. For example, the Northumberland Line only has 3 of its 6 stations open but has transported 500,000 passengers in its first 7.5 months of operation.
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Reading about lines that close in the 60's and 70's and are been reopen with great success either as DMU's or electrify is saying something not only in the UK, but Europe as well. a lot of these old lines are seeing major upgrades along being electrify in place of DMU's as well being made accessibility on day one.

When I took the train from Glasgow to Edinburg in 2012, it was an DMU line that now has been upgraded to electrifying. That was a slow trip back then. Movement these days is to electrify lines where possible and use battery where there is no electrifying.

Yet in NA, we cannot do it due to freight lines.
 
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