Editing Hawick (section)

== Transport ==
Hawick lies in the centre of the valley of the Teviot. The [[A7 road (Great Britain)|A7]] [[Edinburgh]]–[[Carlisle]] road passes through the town, with main roads also leading to [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] (the A698) and [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (the A6088, which joins the [[A68 road|A68]] at the [[Carter Bar]], {{convert|16|mi|km|0}} south-east of Hawick).

The town lost its rail service in 1969, when, as part of the [[Beeching Axe]], the [[Waverley Route]] from Carlisle to Edinburgh via [[Hawick railway station]] was closed. It was then said to be the farthest large town from a railway station in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brocklehurst |first=Steven |date=2013-03-27 |title=What was Beeching's worst railway cut? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-21859794 |access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref> but this changed as a result of the opening of the [[Borders Railway]], which, in 2015, reopened part of the former Waverley Route to [[Tweedbank railway station|Tweedbank]], near [[Galashiels]]. Regular buses serve the railway station at Carlisle, {{convert|42|mi|km|0}} away. Reconnecting Hawick to the [[Borders Railway]] would require reinstatement of a further approximately {{convert|17|mi|km|0}} of the former [[Waverley Route]] from Hawick to [[Tweedbank railway station|Tweedbank station]] via [[Hassendean railway station|Hassendean]], [[St Boswells railway station|St Boswells]] and [[Melrose railway station|Melrose]], with refurbishment of the four-arch [[Ale Water]] viaduct<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Disused railway line (C) Walter Baxter |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/259931}}</ref> near New Belses. Hawick station was on the north bank of the [[river Teviot]], below Wilton Hill Terrace, with a now demolished viaduct (near the Mart Street bridge) carrying the route south towards [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle]]. Waverley Walk<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Waverley Walk, Hawick (C) Oliver Dixon |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4176985}}</ref> in Hawick is a footpath along the former railway route, north-eastward from the former station site near Teviotdale Leisure Centre. A feasibility study is now underway to evaluate the possible reopening of the southern section of the former Waverley railway to link the Borders Railway terminus at Tweedbank through Hawick to Carlisle.

The nearest major airports are at [[Edinburgh Airport|Edinburgh]], {{convert|57|mi|km|0}} away, and [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle]], {{convert|56|mi|km|0}} away.