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Borders Railway

railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, Scotland, UK
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Borders Railway

Summary

Borders Railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borders Railway is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • Borders Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Borders Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[5].
  • Borders Railway is owned by Network Rail[6].
  • Borders Railway is operated by ScotRail Trains (2022-)[7].
  • The location of Borders Railway was Edinburgh[8].
  • Borders Railway is part of National Rail[9].
  • Borders Railway's Commons category is recorded as Borders Railway[10].
  • Borders Railway's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.78, 'longitude': -2.95, 'precision': 0.01}[11].
  • Borders Railway's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borders Railway[12].
  • Borders Railway's type of electrification is recorded as non‐electrified railway system[13].
  • Borders Railway's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[14].
  • Borders Railway's start point is recorded as Edinburgh Waverley railway station[15].
  • Borders Railway's destination point is recorded as Tweedbank railway station[16].
  • Borders Railway's date of official opening is recorded as September 6, 2015[17].
  • Borders Railway's vehicle normally used is recorded as British Rail Class 158[18].
  • Borders Railway's route diagram template is recorded as Template:Borders Railway RDT[19].
  • Borders Railway's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[20].

Body

Geography

Borders Railway is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in City of Edinburgh[3]. It is part of National Rail[9].

Designation and Status

Borders Railway's instance of is recorded as railway line[5].

History and Context

Borders Railway is owned by Network Rail[6].

Why It Matters

Borders Railway ranks in the top 4% of railway_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Voldesade · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → ScotRail Trains (2022-)
    Commons category → Borders Railway
    Route map → Borders Railway en.png
    Track gauge → standard-gauge railway
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2043]]: 35 mile"
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