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    The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the...
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  • Look up Waverley in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waverley may refer to: Waverley (novel), by Sir Walter Scott Waverley Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz...
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    The railway follows most of the alignment of the northern part of the Waverley Route, a former double-track line in southern Scotland and northern England...
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    Waverley Route Heritage Association is a heritage railway group involved with the history, heritage and preservation of the Waverley Route, based/centred...
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    Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland...
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  • restored this time as, The Waverley until June 1957. However, the effect of regional division, mining subsidence along part of the route, and underpowered locomotives...
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    The Glen Waverley line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's sixth...
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    North British Railway's (NBR's) Border Union Railway (also known as the Waverley Route). The settlement of Riccarton, which adjoins the station, consisted...
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    After sea trials in June 1947, Waverley entered service on 16 June, working the LNER's Firth of Clyde steamer route from Craigendoran Pier, near Helensburgh...
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    Glen Waverley railway station is a commuter railway station located in the suburb of Glen Waverley in the south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
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    Street bridge) carrying the route south towards Carlisle. Waverley Walk in Hawick is a footpath along the former railway route, north-eastward from the former...
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  • Miniature Railway, St Andrews, Fife Ness Islands Railway, Inverness Waverley Route Heritage Association, Whitrope, Roxburghshire Isle of Mull Railway,...
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    Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km (9.9 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City...
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    The Waverley Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened...
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    town of Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1849 to 1969 on the Waverley Route. It has been proposed that it could re-open as an extension to the Borders...
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  • Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since /ˈweɪvərli/ is a historical novel by Walter Scott (1771–1832). Scott was already famous as a poet, and chose to publish...
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    lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route. It was used as a goods loading bay. The site is now the home...
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    bus routes 623 and 733. The station is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) or around a 30-minute train ride away from Flinders Street. Mount Waverley station...
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    were used on express passenger trains, no. 264 being used both on the Waverley Route between Edinburgh and Carlisle and on the line between Edinburgh and...
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    Pancras. It was formerly the southern terminus of the partially-closed Waverley Route from Edinburgh. It is so named because it is adjacent to Carlisle Citadel...
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    Railway, which later became known as the Waverley Route. The line was nicknamed after the popular Waverley Novels, written by Sir Walter Scott. Upon...
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    objective of a line reaching Carlisle, which was later to become the Waverley Route, was on hold. The NBR obtained authority in a 1846 act of Parliament[which...
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    Midothian, Scotland, from 1855 to 1874 on the Dalkeith branch of the Waverley Route. The station was opened in 1855 by the North British Railway. It was...
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    Glen Waverley is an eastern suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km (12 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within...
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  • southeastern Pennsylvania, opens. January 5 – Last trains over the Waverley Route from Edinburgh in Scotland to Carlisle in England. February 16 – Căile...
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  • connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton Junction on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire. Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources...
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  • the North British Railway (NBR) was building the line that became the Waverley Route from Edinburgh to Carlisle. The established railways at Carlisle obstructed...
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    Scottish Borders, situated 12 miles (19 km) south of Hawick on the Waverley Route, close to Whitrope. It has a length of 1,208 yards (1,105 m). It is...
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    grading, roof pitches, railroads, aqueducts, and pedestrian or bicycle routes. The grade may refer to the longitudinal slope or the perpendicular cross...
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    locomotive operation. Part of its main line became incorporated into the Waverley Route. Only a small section of the network remains open. From 1800 the city...
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