Scottish Parliament

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Scottish Parliament

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Scottish Parliament

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Parliament
12/11/2019

Chronology Dates

28/01/2004Edinburgh Trams
The Scottish Parliament publishes the bills for the first two lines of the tramway, allowing property to be purchased by the council. Balfour Beatty given the contract to build the £7.5M West Edinburgh Guided Busway.
  /03/2008Glasgow Airport Rail Link
Project transferred from Strathclyde Passenger Transport to Transport Scotland. SPT had completed the design work for a double track 1.25 mile line from just east of Paisley St James to the airport and taken the plans to the Scottish Parliament. Estimated cost of line £200M (also estimated as £160M in 2009). The line would cross St James' Park and its football pitches.

News items

21/11/2023Ayr Station Hotel: Scottish Parliament roundtable meeting [Ayr Advertiser]
03/08/2023Jenny Gilruth MSP sees Levenmouth rail link progress [Network Rail]
20/06/2023Wemyss Bay Station praised in Scottish Parliament [Greenock Telegraph]
13/06/2023CalMac: Michael Marra MSP wants resilience fund amid disruption [Greenock Telegraph]
25/05/2023Scottish Parliament celebrates passion of grassroots movement connecting communities with their railways, and announces new partnership for Far North Line [Community Rail Network]
15/03/2023'We have been derailed by Scottish Government legislation': Unique Highland railway accommodation business Sleeperzzz hits the buffers after 27 years [Inverness Courier]
27/12/2022Maid of the Loch volunteers praised in Scottish Parliament motion [Helensburgh Advertiser]
14/11/2022Case to upgrade major Dumfries and Galloway roads taken to Scottish Parliament [Daily Record]
01/11/2022MSP Karen Adam champions prospect of 'rerailing' north-east in Scottish Parliament [Grampian Online]
26/05/2022Former Transport Scotland chief denies Ferguson Marine ferries contract was rushed [STV]