RAIL - The Borders is served by three railway stations - unfortunately these are Edinburgh, Carlisle and Berwick Upon Tweed, so thanks to Dr Beeching, rail travel is not a real option. A project is underway to restore the Waverley Line from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, but as yet this remains on the drawing board.
AIR - No airports, so Edinburgh or Newcastle remain your best options.
BUS - Services provided by FirstBus, Munros or Perrymans between the main towns and villages.
ROADS - There are three main arterial routes through the Borders; the A1, A68 and A7, plus several minor routes.
A1 - enters Scotland just north of Berwick, a fast route up the east coast into East Lothian. Some bits are ven dual carriageway!
A68 - From the south, enters Scotland at the top of the Carter Bar, arguably the most spectacular of the border crossings. The road wends its way through edburgh, St Boswells, Earlston and Lauder and exits to Midlothian north of Soutra Hill.
A7 - The scenic route from Carlisle to Edinburgh, starting at Mosspaul in the south and passing through Hawick, Selkirk, Galashiels and Stow before entering Midlothian at Falahill. The A72 for Innerleithen, Peebles and Glasgow branches off in Galashiels.
Worthy of mention are the A708 from Moffat, which passes the spectacular Grey Mares Tail waterfall before journeying past St Marys Loch and following the Yarrow Water into Selkirk and the B6355 from Gifford into Duns, over the Lammermuir Hills
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