Scottish Levenmouth Rail Link project hits halfway point
After 12 months, the work to reinstate the connection of Leven, Scotland, to the Scottish network – and with that to the UK-wide railway network – hit the halfway point. Over the past year, 4.8...Read more
Scotland’s Caledonian Sleeper operators tossed out of bed
The Scottish government has stepped in to run the troubled overnight services from Scotland. It is lights out on Serco, the second and final franchise operators of the overnight rail service between Scotland and London....Read more
Edinburgh trams extension opening finally announced
The long awaited next phase of Edinburgh’s tram line now has a date for opening. Citizens of Scotland’s capital have marked their diaries for 21 June this year. Finally they will be able to ride...Read more
Anger at lack of rail expansion in North East Scotland
The funding documents for investment in the next five years are a deep disappointment for rail freight and passenger ambitions in the north-east of Scotland. That’s the view of Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)...Read more
Network Rail faces legal action over Scottish deaths
Network Rail is expected to be prosecuted over shortcomings that resulted in a fatal train crash in Scotland. The British infrastructure management agency, which is responsible for the track infrastructure and other assets, is to...Read more
Rail industry welcomes investment plans for Scotland
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has welcomed the Scottish government commitments to sustaining rail funding in their recent budget statement, made to parliament in Edinburgh earlier this month. The representative body also applauded the statement...Read more
Sterling work in Stirling as Forth Viaduct makeover completed
Scotland’s Forth Bridge may be the most famous railway river crossing in the world, but there is another, equally important, if not quite so grand affair spans the same river, a little further upstream. Now...Read more
Scots travelling further but in fewer numbers, except on routes to London
Post-covid, but stuck in the middle of a pandemic of disputes. British passenger numbers have shown recovery in the latest official figures, but there are mixed results, and not all are positive. There are mixed...Read more
Scotland bears the brunt of new rail dispute
With rail services in the whole of Britain disrupted over the weekend, Scotland now faces a difficult week. Unions called out their members on Monday, after pay talks at ScotRail failed to produce a satisfactory...Read more
Ricardo and partners receive additional funding for hydrogen project
Ricardo and its partners have received additional funding in order to move their ‘Holistic Hydrogen Approach to Heavy Duty Transport’ (H2H) project to the next phase.Read more
ScotRail reintroduces full timetable
Following the resolution of their long-running dispute with the train drivers union, the publicly owned ScotRail plans to reintroduce a full timetable from today. However, the hot weather may scupper those ambitions to run a...Read more
Scotland given the power to electrify railways
Scotland’s publicly run railway has been given the funding to address electric power supply issues. The injection of 120 million pounds (140 million euros) will help the network reach the Scottish government’s ambitious target of...Read more
A new dawn for Scotland’s Forth Bridge
Network Rail, the UK infrastructure management agency, is currently concluding a lengthy protection and maintenance programme on a World Heritage Site. It also happens in one of the most iconic structures across the railway network....Read more