The Hawick ticket office is to dispense travel tickets no more; The Beeching 'axe' fell on the 'Waverley Line' on 2 January 1969 after a protracted period to withdraw passenger services, originally formally notified on 17 August 1966 by B.R. The last passenger train to run over the route was 1M82 the 21:56 Edinburgh Waverley to London St. Pancras sleeper service hauled by a "Peak" class diesel. ©Gordon Edgar Collection/Rail Photoprints