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The northern leg of the HS2 rail project has been scrapped, with the billions of pounds saved to be ploughed into transport improvements across the UK.
(Permalink) A75 Cairnryan Castle Douglas Gretna HS2 Newton Stewart Port Road Stranraer  Castle Douglas: Standard 2-6-4T 80117 at Castle Douglas with a Dumfries to Kirkcudbright service in April 1965.  Newton Stewart: 2P 40623 with Black 5 45432 at Newton Stewart on 16 July 1956 with the 10.58 am ex-Stranraer. |
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It comes after Dumfries and Galloway Council voted to exclude P&O Ferries from its proposals.
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A P&O ferry travelling between Cairnryan and Larne was adrift off the Co Antrim coast.
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The European Highlander has a 'small number' of issues to be fixed before it can return to service.
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Locals in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, told the Record that the European Highlander belonging to the scandal-hit company left the port at 3pm today.
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Transport secretary Grant Shapps says ship was detained in Northern Ireland for being unfit to sail. A P&O ferry has been detained in Northern Ireland due to failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).The agency said the ship, the European Causeway, was impounded at the port of Larne.
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The move will help retailers such as Marks and Spencer and Asda.
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P&O Ferries have cancelled services with immediate effect as 800 seafaring staff are now without jobs. The shock news comes as the ferry service claimed the decision was necessary to save the business which they labelled as 'not viable'.
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An invitation has been extended to Scotlands new Transport Minister to visit the south west and witness its major road and rail issues.
(Permalink) Cairnryan Stranraer  Stranraer: The 13.04 to Kilmarnock comes off the causeway from Stranraer Harbour station and is about to pass under the A77 road bridge. 29th October 2017.
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Dumfries and Galloway Council is being asked to support a bid to secure special status for the port.
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Coastguard and lifeboat crews were dispatched along with tugs.
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Reversing the 1960s closure of the line is one option being taken forward by a transport study. [Also suggested is re-opening the Cairnryan branch and stations at Cumnock, Thornhill, Eastriggs, Dunragit and Beattock.]
(Permalink) Beattock Cairnryan Cumnock Dunragit Eastriggs Port Road Stranraer Thornhill  Newton Stewart: View east at Newton Stewart in September 1973. The old goods shed and yard on the left of the photograph have been put to alternate use by the local council, still the case 35 years on see image [[155 ...  Big Water of Fleet Viaduct: April 1965, just two months before closure of the 'Port Road' direct line from Dumfries to Stranraer. A Stranraer-bound mixed freight train headed by a Stanier 'Black 5' crosses the Big Water of Fleet ... |
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Following withdrawal of Stena ferry operations from Stranraer Harbour with services now concentrated on Cairnryan, a connecting coach link has been established between the latter and Ayr Railway Station. [See adjacent images]
(Permalink) Ayr Bus Cairnryan Ferry Stena Line Stranraer Train  Ayr: Passengers boarding the Cairnryan coach outside Ayr station on 2 March 2012.  Ayr: Departure board at Ayr station on 2 March 2012 showing the 12.45 direct coach link with the ferry terminal at Cairnryan.  Cairnryan: Aerial view over Cairnryan looking south showing the former Military Port. Its associated railway ran along the coastline from Leffnol (top) to Cairn Point (bottom). The triangular shape of the modern ... |
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Carrick's MSP has voiced concern over the future of the Girvan to Stranraer railway line, and Girvan station, after a decision by Irish Sea ferry operator Stena Line to bus its passengers straight to Ayr from its new port at Cairnryan.
(Permalink) Cairnryan Girvan Stena Line Stranraer  Girvan: The driver of the 1102 to Stranraer has collected the token from the Girvan signalman on 26 May and is ready to set off south with unit 156 514.  Girvan: The immaculate interior of the waiting room at Girvan, Scotland's only art deco station, seen on 3 June. Even the ceiling is glossy. The more modern seating is unfortunately not sympathetic, though pr ...  Stranraer: A Sunday morning service for Glasgow Central leaving Stranraer Harbour in August 2003. |
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Meeting was held in Stranraer on the 18th and 19th of May at the North West Castle Hotel.
Stena's route director Alan Gordon said that the move to Cairnryan might occur at end-2006, but he predicted that with shorter journey times and more journey opportunities there would be a long-term future for rail and sail in the growing market for travel between Northern Ireland and Scotland, which would in future involve a bus transfer between Cairnryan and the train at Girvan, Stranraer or a station between those points. ScotRail Operations Director Steve Banaghan said that transferring ferry passengers to Girvan could be the best option. There would be an opportunity as well as a threat presented by the ferry being moved since if the timetable was no longer driven by ferry times, it could potentially be a positive thing for the line. However Chris Ballance MSP claimed that it was 'remarkably perverse logic' to take half the passengers off the train at Girvan, and James King of the RPC also expressed concern that ferry passengers might be reluctant to transfer between trains and buses. John Nelson for Dumfries and Galloway Council said that their top rail aspiration was for a relocated station at either Cairnryan Road or the old Town site where it could better serve the people of Stranraer. (Permalink) Cairnryan Girvan ScotRail Stena Line Stranraer |
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The future of Stranraer station (formerly Stranraer Harbour) must be in doubt following Stena's planned relocation of their ferry terminal from Stranraer to Cairnryan. The scheme requires planning approval.
The move was anticipated, there is a possiblity that the harbour station will be closed to be replaced by a re-opened Stranraer Town station. The crossing to Ireland was the raison d'etre for both the line from Ayr to Stranraer and the closed Dumfries to Stranraer line. The new berths will be a joint venture between Stena and P&O who already operate from Cairnryan. It is disappointing that the move comes 41 years after closure of the railway to Cairnryan when relocation of the ferry services from Stranraer to Cairnryan was discussed at that time. (Permalink) Cairnryan Girvan ScotRail Stena Line Stranraer |
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