Date: 11/04/2005

PLANS to create a massive opencast mine next to a Lothian nature reserve have been thrown out due to environmental impact concerns.

[Comment] Had this opencast been opened it could have been served by a branch or siding on the planned re-opened Waverley route as a mine at Vogrie was served by this line many years ago.

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