TRAVEL NEWS AT 11AM ON MARCH 6, 2018

Here's the latest on the roads...

B6364 Greenlaw: B6364 closed due to snow between A6105 (Greenlaw) and A6089 (Kelso).

B709 Innerleithen: B709 Innerleithen road closed in both directions at Blackhope Byers - gritter stuck on this road. Please avoid the area until we can get this clear.

A701 Milton Bridge: Queueing traffic due to multiple vehicles stuck in the snow on A701 between B7026 The Brae and A766 Carlops Road.

We'll bring you more on this as and when we get it...

ROAD CLOSURES (DETAILS FROM SBC)

Tweeddale:

  • B709 Granites road at Blackhope Byers
  • C2 West Loch
  • C6 Bogsbank Road
  • C10 Manor Valley
  • Kilbucho road
  • Hartree/Shiplaw

Eildon:

  • B7007 Gavald
  • B6368 Gilston

Cheviot:

  • Caverton Mill - Caverton Mains
  • Fairnington/Roxburgh/Rutherford
  • Frogden/Greenlees/Bankhead
  • Blackknowe
  • Crailinghall - Brownrigg
  • Scraeburgh - Hunthill

Berwickshire:

  • B6438 Reston main street (flooding)
  • B6355 Peelwalls closed at railway bridge
  • D88/6 Prenderguest, nr Peelwalls
  • D1/6 Longformacus to Cranshaws
  • C98 Longformacus to East Lothian boundary
  • B6364 Hume to Greenlaw
  • Ferneycastle Road
  • B6461 Whitsomehill crossroads to Fishwick (flooding)

Further updates by Scottish Borders Council here... https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20008/emergencies_and_safety/678/emergency_road_closures

SCOTRAIL

  • 11.44am: Good service between Tweedbank and Edinburgh

Further updates by ScotRail here... https://www.scotrail.co.uk/

BORDERS BUSES

  • 11.00am update: X62 services now operating full route. Delays expected.
  • 253 (Berwick-Haddington-Dunbar-Edinburgh): Will not serve Burnmouth or Coldingham.
  • 267/464 (Wooler to Berwick): Now opeating. A smaller vehicle will be used on the 267 until the roads have been cleared.

Please note details of school transport operated by Borders Buses. 

  • B07: Will not operate due to ongoing issues with snow on the road
  • B12: Will not operate due to ongoing issues with snow on the road.
  • Y07: Will not serve Cairncross or Templehall and will access Coldingham via Eyemouth
  • Y10: Will not serve Moorpark or Whiterig

Services will be continuously assessed and based on road and weather conditions some services/journeys may be subject to delays, curtailments and/or cancelations. Information relating to individual journeys will be communicated via the Borders Buses Facebook or Twitter accounts.