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Day: 3 October 2017

Fresh call to resurrect Perth-Edinburgh rail line
03 Oct
Transform Scotland Posted in Edinburgh No comments

Fresh call to resurrect Perth-Edinburgh rail line

There have been further calls for the reinstatement of a direct rail line between Perth and Edinburgh. Two Councillors at Perth & Kinross Council are due to raise a motion this Wednesday asking officials to write to the Scottish Government asking for a review. Quoted in the Courier, Councillor Calum Purves said: “There are a lot […]

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Bringing Scotland’s Cities Closer Together

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About Inter-City Express

The Inter-City Express programme would transform rail travel, bringing all seven of Scotland’s cities closer together through a safe, civilised and sustainable mode of transport. The key features of the programme are to:

• Double and electrify the largely single-track Inverness-Perth railway, transforming its capacity for passenger and freight traffic

• Reduce journey times from Inverness, Aberdeen and Dundee to the Central Belt through electrification and extensive doubling of the network

• Take the long-neglected single track rail line from Aberdeen to Inverness into the 21st Century

• Build and electrify a new direct rail link from Perth to Edinburgh, slashing up to 35 minutes off journey times from Inverness and Perth to Edinburgh

• Create a new Inter-City rail hub at Perth station – the catalyst for transport connectivity and urban regeneration.

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