Date: 09/05/2017

Former First Minister Alex Salmond has pledged to fight for a new railway for Peterhead and Fraserburgh, if he is re-elected to parliament. Mr Salmond was joined by SNP colleague and fellow north-east candidate, Eilidh Whiteford, in promising to campaign for a Buchan railway development inspired by the success of the recently reopened Borders railway. But opponents have derided the announcement as a cynical manoeuvre after the nationalists lost ground to the Conservatives in last weeks local government election.

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Former First Minister Alex Salmond has pledged to fight for a new railway for Peterhead and Fraserburgh, if he is re-elected to parliament.

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