Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire (now in the Borders region of Scotland).Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, which hoped to develop it as a through main line between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.The railway opened in stages between 1858 and 1862, but the anticipated commercial success was disappointing, and the sparse population produced very little local traffic. The line closed to passengers in 1956 and completely in 1963."@en }
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- Border_Counties_Railway abstract "The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire (now in the Borders region of Scotland).Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, which hoped to develop it as a through main line between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.The railway opened in stages between 1858 and 1862, but the anticipated commercial success was disappointing, and the sparse population produced very little local traffic. The line closed to passengers in 1956 and completely in 1963.".
- Q4944547 abstract "The Border Counties Railway was a railway line connecting Hexham in Northumberland, with Riccarton on the Waverley Route in Roxburghshire (now in the Borders region of Scotland).Its promoter had hopes of exploiting mineral resources in the area, and it was taken up by the North British Railway, which hoped to develop it as a through main line between Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.The railway opened in stages between 1858 and 1862, but the anticipated commercial success was disappointing, and the sparse population produced very little local traffic. The line closed to passengers in 1956 and completely in 1963.".