Scotland’s North East – is there a chance for a new modal shift?
The Scottish government agency, Transport Scotland, is halfway through a public review of its plans for travel and communications connections between Aberdeen and Inverness. The two principle settlements in the north of Scotland are separated by 100 miles (160km) of outdated road and rail routes. Options favour a vastly upgraded highway, but modal shift to rail freight and the climate change agenda could still swing the balance in favour of rail.
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Investment within railways (a transport device) has to be for ensuring railways the timely, the high quality transport device. (For environment, for railways and for all, this remains the sustainable.)
For unique advantage, nearness to Ocean ports, rail ways, the on shore large scale on shore port feeding device, now should be top priority, however not defensively, but offensively!
For sake of soundly ensured low track charges, axial load capacity has to be raised to 70.000 pounds, etc., etc.