RAILSCOT | Fife MSP calls for Scottish Government to fund trains and Edinburgh tram projects [Dunfermline Press]

Fife MSP calls for Scottish Government to fund trains and Edinburgh tram projects [Dunfermline Press]

Date: 31/10/2020

^A tram line across the Forth Road Bridge connecting into the Edinburgh bus and tram network would make commuting by public transport possible for so many more people.^

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MSP wants Holyrood cash to run trams on the Forth Road Bridge

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"A tram line across the Forth Road Bridge connecting into the Edinburgh bus and tram network would make commuting by public transport possible

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Fife MSP calls for Scottish Government to fund trains and Edinburgh tram projects [Dunfermline Press]

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