RAILSCOT | Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Westhill in line for train stations as Greens pledge to build new Firth tunnel that would cut journey times north [Press and Journal]

Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Westhill in line for train stations as Greens pledge to build new Firth tunnel that would cut journey times north [Press and Journal]

Date: 13/01/2021

The Scottish Greens have proposed billion-pound plans to build a rail crossing under the Firth of Forth which would ^substantially^ cut journey times north.

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The Scottish Greens have promised to dig deep for votes after proposing billion-pound plans to tunnel under the Firth of Forth.

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View over the buffer stops at Peterhead on 24 May 1969 showing D5323 at the platform with the Formartine and Buchan Railtour preparing to return to Aberdeen.
Location: Peterhead
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Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Westhill in line for train stations as Greens pledge to build new Firth tunnel that would cut journey times north [Press and Journal]

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