Date: 23/11/2004

In 2004 an upgraded rail freight terminal was opened at Mossend in Lanarkshire for rail freight in Scotland, and to provide a vital link for transporting Scottish goods to and from the rest of the UK and through the Channel Tunnel to Europe. In April 2004, the Executive awarded £500,000 to complete preparatory engineering work and establish the costs to upgrade the rail track between Mossend and Elgin via Aberdeen. The improvements should allow for the use of larger modern containers preferred by the food and paper industries, transferring up to 1.3 million tonnes of freight from road to rail.

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