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Concerns have been raised about the future of the beleaguered Scottish Government agency-owned Cairngorm railway as it emerged that it will not be open for the start of the winter season and there is no timescale for its return amidst soaring public costs.
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Operators of the UK's highest railway have confirmed no definitive date has been secured for the return of services on the 1.2 mile long line.
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Engineers are using specialist equipment to restore tension in assemblies as rigorous trials and testing continue 'to ensure solutions are effective'.
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The UK's highest railway is set to be shut for safety reasons until at least mid-October.
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Mountain railway has not run since end of August for 'snagging works'.
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Mountain railway was taken out of service on safety grounds nearly a fortnight ago.
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Mountain railway was taken out of service at end of last week after possible defect detected.
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The UK's highest railway has been shut for safety reasons - less than two weeks after a leading Scottish Government economic development agency settled a court action against constructors and designers over structural problems.
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The nation's highest railway only reopened earlier this year, after safety concerns surrounding its original construction.
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Legal proceedings had been due to start this month against mountain railway builder and previous operator.
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The funicular railway at Cairngorm Mountain will be closed on Tuesdays during the remainder of June and July while a series of minor works is completed.
Owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) announced last month that workers from contractor Balfour Beatty were returning to carry out finishing touches to the major engineering project that saw the popular tourist attraction brought back into service in January 2023 after a four-year hiatus. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway  Shieling Station: View from ascending Cairngorm Mountain Railway train approaching the tunnel on the final ascent to the Summit station, on 21st July 2017. |
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Thèid tòiseachadh air an obair mu dheireadh air rèile-beinne a' Chàirn Ghuirm an t-seachdain seo.
Tha i air a bhith fosgailte bho thoiseach na bliadhna, ged nach deach crìoch a chur air an obair buileach. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway  Shieling Station: Ascending Cairngorm Mountain Railway car, seen from the descending car at the mid-way passing point on 24th February 2018. |
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The Cairngorm funicular had been closed since September 2018 due to structural problems.
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Mountain railway has been out of action since Autumn 2018 and its return will be huge boost for resort and wider region
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High hopes Cairngorm funicular will be back in public service very soon after £25m repair
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Snow sports enthusiasts have been heading for Cairn Gorm since the late 1800s. The mountain's popularity, along with its ideal conditions and stunning ...
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The cost to the taxpayer of the UK's highest railway which shut four years ago has soared to nearly £52m - with the costs of crucial repairs spiralling, it can be revealed.
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The UK's highest railway was closed four years ago due to structural problems.
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Mountain railway expected to return to tracks for first time in four years for testing with hopes of early New Year hand-over
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The final cost of reinstating the railway will be around £25m - compared with the original estimate of just over £16m.
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Target date for re-opening of the mountain railway is early 2023.
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The UK's highest railway has been out of action since September 2018 when structural problems were found.
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Cairngorm Mountain owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise has said it expects operations will start up again in winter early 2023.
The rough date was given in an update on on-goings at the resort. It states: 'In addition to engineering works to strengthen the two kilometre viaduct, the funicular control system is being replaced. 'Once this has been done, the service will be put through rigorous quality and safety assessments, including certification, before passengers are again welcomed on board.' (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway Shieling Station: View from train along the Cairngorm Mountain Railway, on a snowy 24th February 2018.  Base Station: On the way up. Cairngorm Mountain Railway, September 2012. See image [[40432]] Shieling Station: Railcars about to pass on the scenic Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway on a crisp and pleasant day in the Autumn of 2004. |
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Project costing £710,000 will also see new access track installed behind Base Station.
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Last week the Scottish government released another batch of documents under freedom of information about what it plans to do with its troubled funicular rail link-up to Ptarmigan in the Cairngorms. Yet again, almost every hit to the public purse from each and every option open to ministers was redac ... [Article requires subscription. -RS]
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Officials have considered shutting the Cairngorm mountain resort for good as concerns escalate over the costs to the taxpayer of its railway, the scale of structural repairs and how it is going to be paid for.
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Work to strengthen the supports which carry the Cairngorm funicular railway has been halted for the next few months as the area welcomes skiers for the winter season.
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Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) interim chief executive Carrol Buxton has said all efforts are focused on getting the Cairngorm funicular railway back to operating.
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Motion going before Highland Council tomorrow is requesting a time line for return to service
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The public cost of the UK's highest railway which shut three years ago is set to soar to nearly £50m as the scale of structural repairs has widened, the Herald can reveal.
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More than a dozen new jobs expected to be created by modernisation of the Ptarmigan building.
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Technical challenges and harsh weather conditions push back completion date for repairs to UK's highest railway.
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An exciting future needs to be heralded following latest in long line of disappointments.
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The funicular railway at Cairngorm Mountain will remain out of action this winter, owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced. The current phase of engineering works to strengthen the 1.9km viaduct that supports the railway track began in April 2021, with the aim of returning the funicular to service early next year.
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Publicly-funded grants totalling almost £2million have helped the company that runs troubled Cairngorm Mountain ski centre break even, despite Covid-19.
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A leading Scottish Government economic development agency is suing the constructors and designers of the UK's highest railway which closed three years ago due to structural problems for £14.5m.
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More than 2,100 people submitted views, alongside a detailed consultation process.
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'People of Strathspey deserve to know why the funicular fell into disrepair and who is responsible for this failure.'
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Tha dil gum bi an loidhne rile aig Ionad Sprs-sneachda a' Chirn Ghuirm fosgailte ro thoiseach a' Ghearrain an ath-bhliadhna.
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Strathy poll on restrictions at top of funicular reveals a split down the middle.
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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, Scotland's public spending watchdog has warned.
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Signatories to controversial restrictions in place for nearly 20 years prepared to review exit constraints.
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Highlands MSP airs concern over impact on enterprise agency's budget for 2021/22.
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A call has been made for an 'essential' public inquiry to 'end the secrecy' of the closure of the Cairngorm Mountain funicular.
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More than £16 million is being spent to return the mountain railway into service by winter 2021/22.
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If you listen very hard in the Cairngorms National Park this weekend you may hear the sound of progress - the slow clanking of a funicular railway coming back from the dead.
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God knows, I'm no economist. Being a nature writer for a living is a bit of a giveaway.
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Balfour Beatty has won a contract worth just over £20.5m for work at Cairn Gorm including the reinstatement of Scotlands only funicular railway.
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£20.51 million to unlock mountain's potential. Cairn Gorm will benefit from more than £20 million to make it a year-round attraction, generating significant economic benefits for the local area and Scotlands tourism sector. Funded by the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, more than £16 million of the investment will be used to support reinstatement of Scotlands only funicular railway and bring it back into service during winter 2021-22.
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Cairngorms Mountain snowsports resort will use about £16m of the funding to repair its funicular railway.
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Scottish Government and HIE to provide more than £20m to reinstate mountain railway and carry out other resort improvements
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Negotiations to reinstate the crisis-hit Cairngorm funicular are at an 'advanced stage', auditors have revealed.
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Locals, environmental groups and other stakeholders are concerned that the business case for repairing the funicular railway at the Cairngorm Mountain ski area will be released at the same time as the Scottish Government decision on whether to go ahead, and are calling for it to be debated first.
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But critics claim public sector owners already made up their mind to repair mountain railway a long time ago and are ignoring concerns.
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Outdoor groups have called for more openness around decision-making on the future of the troubled ski centre on Cairn Gorm. ... The funicular on the ski slopes has been closed since 2018 and the private company appointed by the sites owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise went into administration.
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The £20m mountain railway has been out of operation since September 2018 on safety grounds.
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'Tough decisions' have to be made on the future of the Cairngorm railway and wider ski area.
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HIE wants go-ahead to carry out engineering works to strengthen the two kilometre-long funicular viaduct so mountain railway can operate again
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More than 120 documents and responses to plans for the repair of the £20m mountain railway have now been lodged with planners
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Sixty piers which support the 1.9 kilometres of track will have to be propped and strengthened.
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Highlands and Island Enterprise (HIE) has lodged a planning application to repair the beleaguered funicular railway. But campaigners Save the Ciste say throwing £10 million at repairs will not solve the resorts problems, with skiers disappearing steadily since the closure of two chair lifts and three surface lifts between 2002 and 2007, after the funicular opened.
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A planning application has been submitted for repairs to the UK's highest railway. The Cairngorm funicular has been closed since September 2018 due to structural problems. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which owns the mountain railway, said a final cost and timescale for the repairs had still be calculated.
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise has provided an update on the mountain railway which has been out of action since September 2018.
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Remote, technologically difficult and hard to run, the challenges for mountain railways are significant, varied and sometimes unpredictable. We take a look at Snowdon Mountain Railways and Cairngorm funicular railway, considering their very different pasts and contrasting futures.
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The Cairngorms mountain railway has 'widespread minor deficiencies', according to an engineers report.
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The owner of the Cairngorm funicular says it would be cheaper to fix the railway's structural problems.
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A public spending watchdog says it is not clear how repairs to the UK's highest railway will be afforded.
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The UK's highest railway has been out of action for almost a year due to structural problems.
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Work on the troubled Cairngorm funicular railway will finally begin in May - operators revealed yesterday - as a new attraction on the mountain was officially launched to boost tourism.
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Bosses at Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are currently searching for the right candidate to oversee the repair of the organisation's stricken funicular railway.
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Repairing the Cairngorm funicular will cost less than removing and scrapping the structure, its owner Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has said.
The UK's highest railway has been out of action since October last year due to structural problems. HIE, which also owns the Cairngorm Mountain ski centre, said it had an indicative cost of fixing the railway. The Scottish government will have to approve the repairs once the final cost is known. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway Base Station: The temporarily closed Base Station of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway on 5th October 2018. Base Station: On the way up. Cairngorm Mountain Railway, September 2012. See image [[40432]] Shieling Station: Railcars about to pass on the scenic Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway on a crisp and pleasant day in the Autumn of 2004. |
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The Cairngorm funicular will remain out of service this coming winter, its owners Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has said.
The UK's highest railway has been out of action since October last year due to structural problems. HIE, which also owns the Cairngorm Mountain ski centre, near Aviemore, said repairs will not be possible until spring or summer next year. It said piers, beams and foundations all require to be strengthened. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway |
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The long-awaited findings of a major probe into the Cairngorm funicular railway fiasco are being withheld as potential legal action against the previous operator is considered.
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The Cairngorm funicular railway is to remain out of action through the summer and possibly longer, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has said.
Engineers have raised safety concerns about the piers, beams and foundations on the railway, which has not operated since before October last year. HIE owns the funicular and the wider Cairngorm Mountain ski area near Aviemore. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway Base Station: The temporarily closed Base Station of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway on 5th October 2018. Shieling Station: Ascending Cairngorm Mountain Railway car, seen from the descending car at the mid-way passing point on 24th February 2018. Base Station: Way to go. Looking out from the base station of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway in September 2012. |
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How businesses in and around Aviemore are coping with the closure of the Cairngorms funicular railway.
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has taken over the running of CairnGorm Mountain snowsports centre and funicular railway.
CairnGorm Mountain Ltd (CML) was placed into administration last month due to 'unsustainable cash-flow problems'. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway |
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The company which operates the CairnGorm Mountain Funicular Railway and snowsports centre has been placed into administration.
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A report into a structural problem that has closed the Cairngorms' funicular railway for more than month has been delayed.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which owns the railway and the CairnGorm Mountain snowsports centre, had expected the report on 3 December. But strong winds and cold temperatures have hampered work to excavate some of the railway's foundations. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway |
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CairnGorm Mountain ski centre's railway has been shut for a month and could stay closed longer term.
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The Cairngorm funicular railway will be closed for at least a month - just to let engineers work out how long it will take to fix, it has emerged.
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CairnGorm Mountain is gearing up to ensure the popular funicular railway undergoes some major maintenance work.
The UKs highest railway has been extremely busy during the winter season following some fantastic snow conditions which saw 59,003 snowsports enthusiasts and a further 51,240 non-skiing guests using the train between November 1. last year, 2017 until the close of the season on April 28. To allow the work to be undertaken, the railway will be closed for one month from this Monday until July 4th. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway Base Station: On the way up. Cairngorm Mountain Railway, September 2012. See image [[40432]] Base Station: Way to go. Looking out from the base station of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway in September 2012. Shieling Station: Railcars about to pass on the scenic Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway on a crisp and pleasant day in the Autumn of 2004. |
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Scotland's only funicular railway has been closed due to drifting snow blocking a tunnel at its mountainside station.
Staff at CairnGorm Mountain snowsports centre said they were 'fighting a losing battle' to keep the tunnel's mouth and parts of the line clear. They were successful in their efforts to clear drifting snow from the tunnel earlier this week. However, the latest work has been hampered by high winds. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway Base Station: Way to go. Looking out from the base station of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway in September 2012. Shieling Station: Railcars about to pass on the scenic Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway on a crisp and pleasant day in the Autumn of 2004. |
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A Preferred bidder to operate the controversial publicly-owned funicular railway in the Cairngorms has been selected.
After a year-long exercise, the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the development agency which owns both the mountain railway and its present operator CairnGorm Mountain Ltd (CML), has awarded preferred bidder status to tourism business Natural Retreats UK Ltd. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway Base Station: Way to go. Looking out from the base station of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway in September 2012. Shieling Station: Railcars about to pass on the scenic Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway on a crisp and pleasant day in the Autumn of 2004. |
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Highland councillors are considering proposals to allow guided treks between the Cairngorm funicular railway's top station and the Cairn Gorm plateau to remain permanently.
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A new operator is being sought for the CairnGorm Mountain snowsports centre near Aviemore. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) owns the site, which includes Scotland's only funicular railway and the UK's highest restaurant.
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Cairngorm funicular railway passengers are to be allowed to walk from the top station on to the mountain.
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A public agency's failure to take account of risks to the running of a mountain railway led to 'spiralling' costs, MSPs have said.
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Bosses from Highlands and Islands Enterprise are to give evidence to MSPs reviewing spending on the Cairngorms' funicular railway.
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Bosses from Highlands and Islands Enterprise are to give evidence to MSPs reviewing spending on the Cairngorms' funicular railway.
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The Scottish Parliament's audit committee is to look at the detail of a report on the CairnGorm mountain railway.
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Public spending body Audit Scotland is seeking a review of expenditure on the Cairngorms funicular.
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A plan to transfer ownership of the Cairngorm Estate - including the ski area and funicular railway - has been shelved.
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The ban preventing passengers leaving the Cairngorm funicular railway for a walk in the mountains could be lifted, the national park admitted yesterday in a move which will enrage environmentalists.
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The Economist reports that the Cairngorm Mountain Railway's real costs were £5M over budget. It suggests that the funicular was built to prop up the declining Scottish skiing trade and in the worst case may have to be dismantled at taxpayers' expense.
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The final contracts, worth nearly 10m, have been awarded for work on the UK's first funicular railway, being built in the Cairngorms.
Morrison Construction Ltd will demolish the existing chairlift and assemble the new of the new funicular stations. The contracts were awarded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) after a competitive tendering exercise which included European-wide advertising. Morrison, which won the civil engineering contract for the first phase of development in 1998, will begin off-site fabrication of the supports for the railway this winter. (Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway |
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