Newly-released government papers show Stormont looked at a rail line from Donaghadee to Portpatrick.
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Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy said a link between Ulster and Britain could be possible in future when new technology like driverless cars is introduced.
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A report by Network Rail boss Sir Peter Hendy will rule PM Boris Johnson's long-standing dream of a £15 billion tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland not viable this week. The water between Scotland and Northern Ireland is said to be so deep that it would require steep tunnelling that trains would be unable to travel down. A source explained to The Sunday Telegraph: Trains can only travel at a certain gradient and the sea between the two land masses is almost 1,000ft deep.
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The future of transport policy in Scotland looks set to become increasingly politicised.
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The Treasury looks set to torpedo plans backed by the prime minister for a link between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hinted there will be proposals for the road in the final recommendations from the Union Connectivity Review.
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It is quicker, Boris Johnson wrote yesterday, to travel from Cardiff to Paris by train than it is to travel from Cardiff to Edinburgh. That, sadly, will not come as a surprise to anyone with ...
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