Date: 01/11/2007

A massive £16 million of taxpayer's money was spent on technical advice on the Edinburgh Airport rail link before the scheme was scrapped. The figures were revealed today in documents obtained by the Edinburgh Evening News showing where the bulk of £30m was spent on the project. Another £3.2m went on ground investigation work for the ambitious plan to build a tunnel under the runway and a further £500,000 was spent on public relations. [Evening News 1 November]

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A Waverley-bound DMU heads south from The Forth Bridge past Edinburgh Airport on 17 March 2010 near the site of the former Turnhouse station (closed September 1930). The Grand Canyon - like backdop is based on leftovers from the West Lothian shale oil industry.
Location: Turnhouse
Company: Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway)
17/03/2010 John Furnevel

Looking south west at Turnhouse on 11 September 2009. The residue of a morning mist still hangs over the airport as a ScotRail five car 170+158 combination heads north across the River Almond with an Aberdeen train.
Location: Turnhouse
Company: Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway)
11/09/2009 John Furnevel

An Air France jet about to land at Edinburgh Airport in June 2008 flys low over the railway viaduct spanning the River Almond carrying the line between Edinburgh and the Forth Bridge. The location is just north of the site of the former Turnhouse station (closed 1930) and approximately 2 miles north of the planned interchange at Gogar where future passengers will transfer between trains and trams to connect with the airport.
Location: Turnhouse
Company: Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway)
26/06/2008 John Furnevel