{"id":5083,"date":"2018-05-29T08:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T08:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2018-06-05T09:16:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T09:16:06","slug":"welcome-for-new-call-to-re-connect-perth-and-edinburgh-by-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transform.scot\/blog\/2018\/05\/29\/welcome-for-new-call-to-re-connect-perth-and-edinburgh-by-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome for new call to re-connect Perth and Edinburgh by rail"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report published today has echoed our call to reinstate a direct rail line between Perth and Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

Greengauge 21, a rail consultancy group, made the recommendation as part of their new report, ‘Beyond HS2<\/a>‘. The report sets out a number of improvements that are necessary to improve rail connections across the UK.<\/p>\n

The reinstatement of the direct Edinburgh-Perth line is a key recommendation of our Inter-City Express campaign<\/a>, which sets out a pathway to boost rail connections between Scotland’s seven cities and make rail competitive with road for both passenger and freight services.<\/p>\n

The Beyond HS2 report states:<\/p>\n

“The question of further connectivity improvements within Scotland will continue to arise because rail journey times are so poor, and often much slower than the alternatives by road into which a lot of infrastructure investment is being<\/em>
\nmade. It would be wrong, however, to believe that \u2013 in contrast to Scotland\u2019s road network \u2013 the rail network can be left as it is.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The most glaring opportunity for rail north of the Central Belt would see the re-creation of a direct rail link from Edinburgh to Perth<\/strong> (for which an Edinburgh journey time of 45 minutes is projected compared with the current<\/strong><\/em>
\n1h22 minutes), as advocated in 2013 by Transform Scotland<\/strong>. If this link can be configured to provide a faster route to Dundee as well as Perth there is the prospect of significant journey time reductions for both Aberdeen and Inverness<\/em>
\nas well.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The report can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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