[citation needed] Little of the existing railway line remains, with most of the former track now occupied by the A6968 Kelso Bypass.
The North Eastern Railway Kelso Branch line coming into Kelso from the west had reached Sprouston on 27 July 1849 leaving a two-mile gap between the two railheads.
This gap was closed on 1 June 1851 when the North Eastern Railway line reached its destination.
Singling in the 1930s of the double track section between Kelso and the Waverley Route and an overall speed restriction made diversion working difficult.
[citation needed] The Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines