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Borders Railway campaigner dies aged 95

One of the most prominent figures in the campaign to reopen the railway in the Scottish Borders has died at the age of 95. Madge Elliot, from Hawick, fought the closure of the old Waverley Line - ...
BBC

Train is named after rail campaigner Madge Elliot

A woman who campaigned for the reopening of a railway in the Borders has had a train named in her honour. Madge Elliot is renowned for her fight to save the Waverley Line, which ran between Edinburgh, ...
The Scotsman

Scotsman Obituaries: Madge Elliot, campaigner whose efforts to reopen the Borders Railway saw a locomotive named after her

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Borders Railway campaigner dies aged 95

Image caption, Madge Elliot campaigned against the closure of the rail line in the Borders and then for services to return 27 May 2024 One of the most prominent figures in the campaign to reopen the ...