Date: 02/02/2012

CAMPAIGNERS are urging ministers to add 12 new stations to Scotland's rail network as the Government puts the finishing touches to a £1 billion investment programme in the central belt. . Councillors and a number of MSPs have also called on Government agency Transport Scotland to consider building the new destinations into the Edin- burgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) before detailed plans are put out to consultation in summer. When complete in 2016, the project aims to increase the number of trains between Glasgow and Edinburgh from 10 to 13 an hour while journeys on the newly electrified route will be cut from 50 minutes to 37. The only new station currently planned as part of EGIP is Edinburgh Gateway, which will connect Glasgow and Fife ser-vices with trams going to the city centre and airport. However, a number of local campaigns have sprung up to demand the benefits of project arguably the biggest investment in Scotland's rail network since the Victorian era extend to key commuter belts as well as ser-vices between Scotland's two biggest cities. Of the proposed new stations, four are on the main Glasgow-Edinburgh line and a further four on commuter routes into those cities. [From Andy Ball]

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Councillors and a number of MSPs have also called on Government agency Transport Scotland to consider building the new destinations into the Edin-

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