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Cairngorm funicular: Financial challenges and uncertainties over multi-million pound repair costs [Press and Journal]

Date: 11/03/2021

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) faces ^significant financial challenges and uncertainties^ managing the multi-million pound costs of repairing the Cairngorm funicular railway and other major projects amid the Covid-19 crisis, Scotland^s public spending watchdog has warned.

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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) faces significant financial challenges and uncertainties managing the multi-million pound costs of repairing the Cairngorm funicular railway and other major projects amid the Covid-19 crisis, Scotlands public spending watchdog has warned.

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Railcars about to pass on the scenic Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway on a crisp and pleasant day in the Autumn of 2004.
Location: Shieling Station
Company: Cairngorm Mountain Railway
13/09/2004 John Furnevel

Ascending Cairngorm Mountain Railway car, seen from the descending car at the mid-way passing point on 24th February 2018.
Location: Shieling Station
Company: Cairngorm Mountain Railway
24/02/2018 David Bosher

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