Transform Scotland welcomes today’s introduction of the first ‘Inter7City’ high-speed trains. ScotRail announced today that the first of the refurbished trains will enter services on the Aberdeen-Edinburgh route on Monday 15 October. [1] Rail spokesperson Paul Tetlaw said: “We’re delighted to see the first of the fully refurbished ScotRail HST trains about to enter service. […]
A new report published today has echoed our call to reinstate a direct rail line between Perth and Edinburgh. Greengauge 21, a rail consultancy group, made the recommendation as part of their new report, ‘Beyond HS2‘. The report sets out a number of improvements that are necessary to improve rail connections across the UK. The […]
Transform Scotland has today revealed research highlighting huge disparities in rail journey times north and south of the Central Belt. ‘The North-South Railway Divide’, published as part of the Inter-City Express campaign, compares journey times from the Central Belt to Inverness, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen, to journeys heading south of the Border. The research found significant […]
A recent Government report has shown that the Scottish Government’s multi-billion pound spending on new road projects will damage rail services in Scotland. The report, released by Transport Scotland, showed that the Government’s £3 billion spending on dualling the A9 road is likely to reduce the viability of rail freight services to and from the […]
Renewed focus has been put on the need for improvements in Scotland’s inter-city rail network to boost rail freight transport. Writing in the Scotsman, David Spaven of the Rail Freight Group, highlights shortcomings in the current system which are holding back rail freight from providing a suitable alternative to road freight. Among other things, David highlights […]
Strong stuff in The Inverness Courier editorial supporting our call for improved rail links to Inverness: “If necessary, ministers should re-examine the need to dual the entire A96, or at least the timescale for doing so, in order to find the cash.”
DAVID Ross’s Inside Track article (“Taking freight off the roads would lift Highland spirits”, The Herald, January 21) is timely. It would be of huge benefit to the Highland economy to get retail goods trains in to Inverness at the time of day that commerce requires. The Scottish Chambers of Commerce have long been making […]
Scottish Association for Public Transport NEWS RELEASE: Thursday 8th May 2014 Call for Better Rail Links North of the Central Belt A leading public transport campaign group has today (Thursday 8 May) called for action to improve rail links and public transport north of the Central Belt. In Perth today, the Scottish Association for Public […]
It is very good news that a start to the major upgrade to the overcrowded single track line from Inverness to Aberdeen has been announced at last. (RAIL 746). ScotRail promoted detailed plans for the hourly service taking less than two hours end to end in 1994 and European money was then earmarked for resiting Forres station. […]
Transform Scotland NEWS RELEASE Strictly embargoed: Not for use before 00:01, Monday 3 March 2014 CAMPAIGN LAUNCH CALLS FOR SCOTTISH ‘RAIL REVOLUTION’ Leading transport campaign group to build broad support to make rail travel faster, safer, greener and more competitive Transform Scotland [1] today (Monday 3-Mar) launched a new campaign to build support for a […]
