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Borders Railway campaigner Madge Elliot dies aged 95

Madge was honoured with a train being named after her ahead of the opening of the Borders Railway.

During a campaign to keep a railway line in the Borders in the 1960s, she collected a petition of 11,768 signatures.

With her 11-year-old son Kim, and Liberal MP David Steel, she delivered it to Prime Minister Harold Wilson at 10 Downing Street on 18 December 1968.

After its closure, she actively campaigned for the reopening of the line as a member of the Campaign for Borders Rail.

That route opened in September 2015.

In addition to her efforts to bring the railway back to the region, she was given an MBE for her services to lawn tennis in the Borders in 1998.


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