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A lorry has got stuck under a railway bridge in Edinburgh this afternoon. Work is underway to recover the stricken vehicle at Cameron Toll roundabout in the Prestonfield area of the city.
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Edinburgh South Suburban Railway is a campaign group run mostly on Twitter and which has one aim to reopen the railway line to passengers within the city, taking cars off the streets and providing another means of public transport.
The group would like you to support their cause by responding to the online consultation on the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) for Scotland which ends at midnight on 15 April 2022. We asked them to explain their campaign and what they do. (Permalink) Blackford Hill Cameron Toll Craiglockhart Duddingston Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Gorgie Morningside Road Newington STPR2 Craiglockhart: The closed Craiglockhart Station seen from a Cockburn Association charter exploring the Edinburgh Suburban Circle in 1973. (Image requested by Euan Millar who knew the station.) Newington [NBR]: View west over Newington Station (closed September 1962) in the 1970s. The platform was later removed and the track realigned. See image [[7602]] Duddingston: The board on the west end wall of Duddingston and Craigmillar station (closed 1962) proclaims that it deals with goods and parcels traffic but the dilapidated condition of the building suggests otherw ... |
The railway bridge by Cameron Toll roundabout has been struck by two HGVs since September, and now the council has called on Network Rail and Police Scotland to help prevent future issues.
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Cameron Toll in Edinburgh was closed between Peffermill Road and Old Dalkeith Road.
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