RAILSCOT | Dont just stop there: MP encourages West Fife Rail developments to extend to Dunfermline [The Courier]

Dont just stop there: MP encourages West Fife Rail developments to extend to Dunfermline [The Courier]

Date: 13/10/2020

Rail bosses have been urged to make the most of plans to electrify tracks between Longannet and Alloa by extending the project further into west Fife.

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Dont just stop there: MP encourages West Fife Rail developments to extend to Dunfermline - The Courier

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Rail bosses have been urged to make the most of plans to electrify tracks between Longannet and Alloa by extending the project further into west Fife.

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