Date: 18/11/2011

DIRECT train services between Inverness and London are facing a new threat, this time from a Scottish government review of the country’s rail services. Exactly one year after The Inverness Courier won a major campaign to save the Highland Chieftain, the future of the daily service along with the direct sleeper between the Highland and UK capitals is in doubt. The possible loss of both through services, seen as key to the region’s economy, has emerged in a consultation document on the future of Scotland’s rail services after 2014.

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