BORDERS RAIL STATION REOPENS AFTER 55 YEARS
Posted On March , 2021
Plans to open a railway station in a Borders village which last saw passenger services more than 50 years ago have been given the go-ahead.
Network Rail wants to build the two-platform structure with 70 parking spaces at Reston in Berwickshire.
A station opened in the village in 1846 but the last passenger services stopped in 1964.
Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee approved the scheme with a string of conditions.
Councillors described it as a “very exciting development” which had the potential to open up transport links in the east of the region.
Campaigners have long been calling for improvements to rail services in the area.
