We are very pleased to announce that the launch of Transform Scotland’s latest campaign – Inter-City Express – has received widespread media attention. The campaign calls for an urgently needed upgrade to the country’s rail network if we want to make it fit for the 21st century. This has prompted a response from Transport Scotland acknowledging the benefits of a continued programme of rail electrification and committed to developing a strategy to identify future phases of electrification beyond current schemes.
Listed below are links to some of the media coverage that has been given to the Inter-City Express campaign:
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26409641
The Scotsman: http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/campaigners-call-for-scots-rail-revolution-1-3326054
The Press and Journal: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3596672
The Herald: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/transport-activists-in-call-for-rail-revolution.23583000
The Evening Telegraph: http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/scotland/group-demands-rail-revolution-1.249337
The Evening Times: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/call-for-a-rail-revolution-to-improve-train-travel-154211n.23565459
Blue and Green Tomorrow: http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/03/03/sustainable-transport-scottish-campaigners-call-for-rail-revolution/
Inverurie Herald: http://www.inverurieherald.co.uk/news/scottish-headlines/group-demands-rail-revolution-1-3326240
Handy Shipping Guide website: http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/rail-freight-group-says-faster-cargo-logistics-and-a-more-efficient-supply-chain-is-possible_5362
And there’s more:
* BBC TV Reporting Scotland covered it at 07:55 on Monday morning
* STV ‘News at Six’ had an excellent feature with Paul Tetlaw & transport minister Keith Brown MSP — see http://player.stv.tv/programmes/news-at-six-aberdeen-north/2014-03-03-1800/ (from 7 mins 45 secs)
* The Daily Record also covered the story yesterday
We were also on numerous local radio yesterday, including:
* Borders Radio
* BBC Radio Aberdeen
* BBC Radio Highland
* Forth 1
* Kingdom FM
* Tay FM
* Wave 102 (Dundee)
* Westsound
Today, there has been some further coverage, with articles in:
* The Times ‘Campaigners call for a rail revolution’ — http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article4022404.ece
and
* Inverness Courier — http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk
Third Force News have now covered the launch:
http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/environment-and-development/news/campaign-calls-for-scottish-rail-revolution