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	Sydney/Newcastle Tramway History
		The Waverley Line was extended to Bondi Junction in 1884 and to Bondi Aquarium in 1887.
		The line was important in connecting the township with the main ferry wharf for the North Shore, the land in between being a steep rise from the waterfront to the ridge.
		The Maryville Line was extended to Port Waratah to service the BHP Steelworks in 1916 being the last major construction for the Newcastle system with the exception of a line to Port Waratah Wharf in 1920 which did not operate beyond a number of trial runs before being abandoned and removed.
	www.railpage.org.au /tram/goddmack.html (2889 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Edinburgh-Borders route
		THE Waverley Route Trust has called for a scheme promoter to be appointed to curb the rising costs of the Waverley Railway Project, which may have soared to more than Â£200 million.
		The funding pledge for the Waverley line is a vital boost for the prospects of Midlothian and the...
		THE economic case for reopening the Borders rail line is "not the strongest", the Scottish...
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=176 (375 words)

	Glen Waverley railway line, Melbourne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Glen Waverley railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia.
		It branches from the Belgrave line at Burnley station.
		A map of the Glen Waverley railway line
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glen_Waverley_railway_line,_Melbourne (94 words)

	Travelogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is where the lines east from Waverley escape the city centre on a falling 1 in 78 gradient - the steepest of all the sections on the East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross.
		This was the northern junction for the loop line to Peebles and the Penicuik line which came off the loop at Hawthornden Junction.
		A further reminder of the dip in the line that was St. Boswells is to be had slightly south of the station in the form of the old concrete and wood gradient sign.
	www.wrha.org.uk /travelogue.htm (6131 words)

	Borders Railway
		Queen Victoria was unimpressed by her journey along the line, regarding the experience as alarming owing to the motion of the train at speed.
		The Waverley Route was built primarily as the North British Railway’s route to Carlisle.
		Construction of the Waverley Line was slow, because by the time the railway was in a position to be built to Carlisle there was already a line from Carlisle to Edinburgh.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /belhavia/borders.htm (2206 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Waverley line return is just the ticket for Edinburgh
		The new line will serve an emerging township, Shawfair, to the south of Edinburgh where 10,000 new homes are planned.
		Reopening the line was one price demanded by the Lib Dems for maintaining their role as junior partners in Scotland's coalition government.
		The line, unlikely to break even according to projections, is due to open in 2008 with a 60-minute journey time from the most southerly station - Tweedbank - to Edinburgh Waverley.
	www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1441324,00.html (701 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Top Stories - Borders link hit by new Waverley plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Waverley Station is bursting at the seams and extra track and platform space is needed to handle services on the East Coast Main Line linking the Capital with London and other commuter services.
		Three options are now on the table to redevelop Waverley Station, ranging from dropping the redevelopment to carrying out a Â£440m-plus overhaul with additional platforms and retail space on top of the building.
		Robert Samson, secretary of the Rail Passenger Committee Scotland, predicted major problems at Waverley unless the capacity was increased significantly and urged rail chiefs to choose the Â£440m-plus option.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=718662003 (707 words)

	Glen Waverley Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first section of the Glen Waverley Line was built in the late 1800s as part of the Outer Circle Railway development.
		Although the line initially closed with the Outer Circle Railway in the 1890s, the section between Burnley and Darling was soon reopened and later extended to Glen Waverley.
		Although there have been plans in the past past that the line may be extended to Knox or to Rowville, the line currently terminates well short of the suburban limits and any extension of the line would be costly due to the extent of tunnelling which would be involved.
	www.kparnell.netfirms.com /Glen_Waverley/Glen_Waverley.html (143 words)

	Waverley Line - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Waverley Route is an abandoned railway line that ran south from Edinburgh in Scotland, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders to Carlisle in England.
		The line was closed in the 1969 by the infamous Beeching Axe.
		The Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill is currently going through the Scottish Parliament with the aim of re-opening of the line as far as Tweedbank, just south of the town of Galashiels.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Waverley_Route (301 words)

	PhiWeb.net - Phillips Family Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Miller surveyed the line for NBR and the proposals were debated in Parliament in 1846.
		In addition to the passenger traffic the line served a colliery at Rowanburn near Canonbie and the famour woollen trade of Hawick and the borders.
		The Waverley line was one of the most picturesque and famous routes on the British railway network.
	www.phiweb.net /railway (594 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh - Waverley line will pay way, claims rail group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		THE backers of the Waverley rail line today insisted the reopening of the historic Edinburgh-Borders service would not be sidelined by demands that it pass a "value for money" test.
		Today, Donald Anderson, leader of Edinburgh City Council, one of the three councils involved in the Waverley project, said that there should be no problem convincing the Executive of the strength of the economic argument for the line.
		The Waverley Railway Partnership is confident it will be able to cover the estimated Â£7.5m costs of the compensation claims.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /edinburgh.cfm?id=278982005 (664 words)

	Waverley Railway Project - What They Say (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Not only would the rail line address the deficiency in rail infrastructure in the area for the travelling public, but it would be an economic and social stimulus.
		"The closure of the Waverley Line in 1969 was an economic and social disaster for all Scotland's Border counties.
		Reinstatement of the Waverley Line is an essential element in bringing long-term economic benefits through additional jobs and commercial investment.
	www.waverleyrailwayproject.co.uk /whattheysay.php (1983 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Waverley Line land-grab bill is set to soar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Scottish Executive is expected to announce funding for the Waverley Line project next week, but backers will also need to buy up more than 60 homes to make way for the track before the scheme can proceed.
		The derelict rail line linking the Borders with the Capital, which has been closed for 36 years, could be reopened within three years.
		The Waverley Railway Partnership has submitted proposals to the Scottish Parliament for the construction of a 35-mile track from Edinburgh to Tweedbank by 2008.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=268422005 (689 words)

	Glen Waverley, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Glen Waverley, the terminus of a metropolitan railway line, is a residential suburb 19 km.
		Finally Glen Waverley was settled on in May, 1905, deriving from a privately surveyed township (1853), at the south-east corner of High Street Road and Stephensons Road, named by its owner after Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels.
		The railway line connecting Glen Waverley to Melbourne was opened in 1930, and the 1933 census population showed a 50% increase over the 1911 figure of 238 persons.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/glenwavly.html (577 words)

	The Bondi Beach Home Page: Then & Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Waverley Council has expressed doubts about the project; it could change the character of the beach area because of a new influx of people.
		One hundred years ago the tram line was extended from the Bondi Aquarium terminus at Fletcher Street to a balloon loop at the southern end of Bondi Beach.
		The first of the popular O class trams entered service on the Bondi and Waverley lines in March 1908 and they were in general use by 1911.
	www.voyeurmagic.com.au /thennow.htm (2797 words)

	The Waverley Route Trust - Context - Text only (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Waverley Route - the secondary main line linking Edinburgh and Carlisle via the Borders - was closed completely in 1969, as part of the 'Beeching cuts' of loss-making parts of the national rail network.
		Various proposals for re-opening the line were promoted unsuccessfully in the years immediately following closure, but - after a long gap - renewed interest in the wider prospects for rail prompted a full photographic survey of the old alignment by Melrose resident Simon Longland in 1992.
		Feasibility studies undertaken by BTF and their consultants estimated the capital cost of rebuilding the 30 miles from the outskirts of Edinburgh to Galashiels or Tweedbank as £28m (in 1994), £18m (in 1996) and £32m (in 1999).
	www.waverleyroutetrust.org.uk /textpages/contexttext.htm (296 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Opinion - Don't bank on the Waverley line prising us out of our cars
		By the mid-Sixties, the number of passengers for the twice-daily trip could be counted on one hand and two of those were railway workers toing and froing free from the Berwick office.
		I never travelled on the Waverley line, but I suspect that the same was true there - Borderers travelling to Edinburgh or Carlisle preferred the convenience of cars and, by 1969, there was no case for keeping the line open.
		That is why I doubt whether the Waverley line, whenever it reopens, wherever it runs, and however much it costs - betting has already closed on whether it will keep within its Â£151 million budget - will reduce traffic on roads such as the "take a chance" A7 or "fancy your luck?" A68.
	news.scotsman.com /opinion.cfm?id=283632005 (818 words)

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		Additionally, the lot line adjustment encourages preservation of the historic wall by assuring that there is a clear connection between the wall and the house located at 100 Waverley Oaks, which is listed as a Category 1 historic structure on the Palo Alto Historic Inventory and on the National Register of Historic Places; 2.
		The house being constructed at 2174 Waverley Street is located the minimum distance from the rear property line, without respect to the historic wall but conforming to the zoning regulations.
		The bottom line was how to handle the issue most fairly with an issue which was untried, viewed differently by all, and probably needed to be tweaked even more, if an opportunity were given.
	www.city.palo-alto.ca.us /clerk/minutes/1996/19961118.html (10905 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Waverley Line plan wins backing
		This figure was based on the 2002 estimates, and would rise in line with inflation when the tendering process begins.
		The Waverley railway, which closed in 1969, had continued on through the Borders to Carlisle.
		According to the Waverley Railway Project, the benefits of reopening the line include access to jobs in Edinburgh, extra local employment and more investment in housing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/scotland/4343439.stm (784 words)

	Waverley station - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Waverley bridge is shown at the bottom right, North Bridge in the middle heading right (southward) to the old town.
		Covering an area of over 25 acres (101,000 m²) in the centre of the city, it is the second largest mainline railway station in the United Kingdom —the largest being London's Waterloo station.
		The proposed reopening of the Waverley Line, which will reconnect several towns in the Scottish Borders to the railway network, will also enter Edinburgh from the east.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Waverley_Station (710 words)

	Scottish Liberal Democrats: Press Releases - July 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The east coast line upgrade, the west coast line upgrade and the Post - 2010 high speed route study will all have an impact on cross border rail traffic.
		Mr Steer believes that the Waverley Line should be assessed once the current projects are nearer to their conclusions.
		It is absolutely clear that the benefits which the Waverley Line can bring to the Borders will be matched by benefits to the country as a whole.
	www.cix.co.uk /~sldweb/xpress/0207163.htm (351 words)

	Merchandise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A major rail centre on the West Coast Main Line, the city was a fascinating place in the early sixties and this video shows the scene before the diesels arrived in force.
		Now that the Waverley line may finally be reopened, the Borders could soon enjoy the convenience of a railway once again.
		But in the meantime, this book recalls the line and the many branches as they once were, back in the fifties and sixties before the closures were made.
	www.wrha.org.uk /merchandise.htm (1514 words)

	Sandringham railway line, Melbourne - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Sandringham railway line is a suburban railway in Melbourne, Australia.
		The line consists of dual tracks all the way from Sandringham station to the beginning of South Yarra station where it runs alongside the Frankston, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines into Flinders Street.
		The line has a total of 11 level crossings between South Yarra and Sandringham, one of which (New St.) is among the last remaining manually operated in Melbourne.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Sandringham_railway_line,_Melbourne (255 words)

	The Waverley Route Trust - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Waverley Route Trust was established in 2002 to promote the case for a community railway to and through the Scottish Borders - the only mainland region of Britain without a rail service.
		Our key aim is to add value to the Waverley Railway Project - the Local Authority scheme to re-open 30 miles of railway between Edinburgh, Galashiels and Tweedbank - by highlighting the potential application of international best practice, innovative methods and greater community involvement.
		The general principles of the Waverley Railway Project are currently being examined by a Committee of the Scottish Parliament, while the Scottish Executive is considering the 'business case' for public funding of the railway.
	www.waverleyroutetrust.org.uk (233 words)

	Waverley Historcal Society - Railways and the Waverley Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Waverley area was connected to Melbourne by rail in 1930.
		It was the only line in Melbourne to be built and electrified at once - all other electric lines (that is, the suburban network and the Gippsland main line) were built first (before the electric network had been built) and electrified later.
		The Glen Waverley line is now one of the best in the suburban system, but when it first opened it was considered an eyesore.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~whsvic/railways.html (886 words)

	KMFA submission: Chapter Four
		Stage 1 of this line could terminate in a station under Doncaster Shopping Town which would be a major public transport interchange for comprehensive and frequent bus services and also a terminus for an extension of the North Balwyn tram route.
		A suburban rail line serving the City of Knox region is needed to cater for the broad area between the Belgrave and Dandenong lines.
		An alternative line from Glen Waverley would require a long bored tunnel and would serve fewer passenger-generating activity hubs, so could be expected to be more expensive to build and generate less patronage.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~kmfa/sub5.htm (878 words)

	Corus targets freight potential of Waverley line - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The proposed reopening of the Waverley rail line into the Borders could be made more economically viable by building the track to better accommodate freight and tourist traffic – for relatively no extra cost, according to a new report.
		The study which was carried out by the consultancy division of Corus on behalf of the Waverley Route Trust (WRT), said its infrastructure changes could add an additional 2330 daily passengers for “broadly” the same cost as the current scheme being touted for around £129.6million (in 2002 prices).
		The Waverley Route Trust, a not-for profit group, was formed to generate debate about the best way to bring trains back to the Borders after seeing the plan being backed by the Waverley Railway Partnership, led by Scottish Borders Council.
	www.sundayherald.com /44798 (860 words)

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