Opening of Scottish station brings timber traffic several steps closer
The opening of a new railway station in the Scottish Highlands could open the door to new rail freight timber traffic. Improved infrastructure, installed to support the opening of Dalcross Inverness Airport station, has helped...Read more
After British Freeports come rail connected Scottish Green Freeports
The mouthful of “Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport”, and the rather easier on the ear “Forth Green Freeport” have been jointly selected by the Scottish and UK governments to become Scotland’s first green freeports....Read more
Scottish summer ends in flooding, trains at standstill
Torrential rain brought trains to a standstill in Scotland on Thursday, and submerged at least one main line, cutting of a large swath of the country. Weather wise, most of Britain had a day to...Read more
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...Read more
Winter storm disrupts UK rail transport
Black Friday became White Out Saturday, as bargain hunting Britain was battered by Storm Arwen on Friday and Saturday. The railways did not escape the disruption. The country’s east took the worst of the weather,...Read more