The viaduct opened 150 years ago but was not a trouble-free scheme Staring out across the Solway Firth it is easy to see how the temptation arose. Instead of taking a detour via Carlisle, why not ...

Working from home has its challenges but I’ve been impressed by how imaginative some organisations have been. I recently saw a call for people to… ...

Early studies into a Solway barrage were carried out in the 1960s and revived four years ago by a Cumbrian-based businessman. He suggested that the ideal location was the line of an old railway ...

The Solway Firth AONB: 'The most delicious piece of sea-coast to be found within the limits of England, Ireland, ... especially given what industry brought with it. From 1869, a railway viaduct — then ...

The Solway Energy Gateway concept aims to extract energy from the area using a tidal range barrage between Bowness and Annan, along the former route of a rail viaduct. Highlighted as a potential area ...

"The closure of the viaduct to rail traffic in 1921, however, did not mean the end of its use as many a Scottish Border Romeo slipped secretly across the Solway viaduct to keep a rendezvous with ...

The line across the Solway Firth was opened 150 years ago but weather and economics took their toll. Solway Junction Railway: The ill-fated Scotland to England rail route - BBC News We've updated ...