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It raises an interesting question about how green our greenways really are. Every route turned over to cyclists and walkers is a nail in the coffin of rural rail. [Article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Airdrie-Bathgate Greenways High Peak Trail  Armadale Junction: After rounding the sweeping curve from Bathgate, an Edinburgh Waverley - Helenburgh Central train slows for the Armadale stop. View east on 15 May 2015, with the platforms of Armadale station just off ...  Monsal Dale Viaduct: Looking west into Monsal Dale on 17 June 2012 with the former Midland Railway viaduct crossing the River Wye in the centre. To the left the railway entered Headstone Tunnel while in the middle distanc ... |
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Tributes have been paid to a Glasgow councillor and 'towering figure' in local politics who has died aged 59.
Labour councillor and former train driver Alistair Watson died suddenly at his home on Wednesday evening. [Alistair Watson delivered the Larkhall re-opening, without which there might not be Alloa, Airdrie-Bathgate and Borders. -Ed] (Permalink) Airdrie-Bathgate Alistair Watson Alloa Borders Railway Larkhall |
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Over the past 30 years, Scotland has been the trailblazer for re-opening railways in response to growing gridlock on the British road network. Scores of new stations have been created on the existing network north of the Border, and new lines now link communities which lost their services in the 1950s and 1960s - Edinburgh to Bathgate, Hamilton to Larkhall, Stirling to Alloa, Bathgate to Airdrie and several suburban routes in Glasgow.
(Permalink) Airdrie-Bathgate Alloa Bathgate Larkhall Levenmouth New station Re-opening  Cameron Bridge [1st]: Looking west over Cameron Bridge towards Thornton Junction on 3 September 2010. No obvious change here - other than the usual impression that the Diageo complex seems to have grown larger since the la ...  Earlseat Loading Pad: The first train out of Earlseat Loading Point on the Methil branch ran on 22 August 2012. There are now two trains a week, on Tuesday and Thursday, to Hunterston. 66140 leaves the site on 11 September ...  Methil: Methil station. NB 4.4.2T 67452 on branch train. |
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