transform-scotland

New group to push for Scots rail investment

Five organisations, including the Rail Freight Group (RFG) are pushing for a radical upgrade of Scotland’s rail infrastructure north of the Central Belt. The ‘Inter-City Express’ campaign is calling for doubling and electrifying the largely single-track Inverness-Perth railway electrification and double tracking of pinchpoints between Inverness, Aberdeen and Dundee to the Central Belt and more stretches of double track and extra crossing loops on the “long-neglected” single-track rail line from ... [+]