Date: 31/01/2011

Transport Scotland has said an extended land purchase deadline will not delay efforts to have a rail link between Edinburgh and the Borders open by 2014.

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Transport Scotland says an extended land purchase deadline will not delay a rail link between Edinburgh and the Borders.

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