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Day: 6 August 2018

Campaigners attack ‘broken promises’ on Highland Main Line rail upgrade
06 Aug
Colin Howden Posted in Friends of the Far North Line No comments

Campaigners attack ‘broken promises’ on Highland Main Line rail upgrade

NEWS RELEASEMonday 6 August 2018 Campaigners attack ‘broken promises’ on Highland Main Line rail upgrade The Scottish Government has failed to deliver on a promise made 10 years ago by the then First Minister to slash train journey times from Inverness to Edinburgh and Glasgow, say rail campaigners. To mark the 10th anniversary of the […]

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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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