A campaign to reinstate the Dumfries to Stranraer railway line has been relaunched to mark the 60th anniversary of the Beeching Report which led to its demise.
Sandy Rogerson has been campaigning for years for the return of the 73-mile route, known as the Paddy Line, which was closed in the 1960s after the infamous cuts which saw 55 per cent of stations in the UK close.
Mr Rogerson, 53, said: “We’re losing a lot of young people out of the area. We’ve got a lack of job opportunities and we’ve not got a good infrastructure.
