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A North rail campaign group hopes the Scottish Government 'avoids the temptation' to fully dual the A9 and listens less to the 'powerful' roads lobby.
(Permalink) A9 Friends of the Far North Line Highland Main Line  Edendon Signal Box: Putting the second track back 11 years after it was lifted - a southbound Highland Main Line train passes a continuous corridor of new concrete sleepers between Dalnaspidal and Blair Atholl in 1977. N ...  Ballinluig: Southbound service passing under one of the two new flyovers at Ballinluig. To the right of the train the A9 dual carriageway can be seen which now has the national maximum speed limit of 70mph. |
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A north rail campaign group met again for the first time in more than two years as they held their first in-person AGM after lockdown.
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Dingwall is to host the annual general meeting of rail campaign group Friends of the Far North Line (FoFNL) later this month.
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ScotRail is aiming for Net Zero emissions by 2035 but a campaign group says it is 'not easy' to see what form this will take in the far north.
(Permalink) Far North Line Friends of the Far North Line Net Zero  Thurso: A train for Inverness waits to leave Thurso behind a BRCW Type 2 in July 1963.
 Thurso: 158702 waits to form the last departure of the day from Thurso, the 1629 to Inverness. Compared to a similar view five years earlier See image [[16892]], the goods shed has now been demolished but not ... |
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Campaigners have criticised Highland Council for lobbying for the completion of the A9 and A96 dualling while ignoring the potential of rail routes. [Full article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) A9 A96 Friends of the Far North Line Highland Council  Dalanraoch Signal Box [3rd]: Tougher competition from the new A9 is evident as this Class 40-hauled Highland Main Line train approaches Dalanraoch in 1977. Ballinluig: Southbound service passing under one of the two new flyovers at Ballinluig. To the right of the train the A9 dual carriageway can be seen which now has the national maximum speed limit of 70mph. |
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A rail campaign group that criticised Highland Council over road upgrading has been told that most people will continue to opt for the car.
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A pressure group is pushing for a hydrogen-fuelled train to be run on the railway line between Wick and Thurso.
(Permalink) Friends of the Far North Line Hydrogen Train Sutherland and Caithness Railway Thurso Wick  Bo^ness TMD: DMS 64600 from 314209 on the jacks at Boness for removal of redundant equipment in preparation for the installation of the new hydrogen fuel cell package.  Wick: Journey's end for 158702 facing the buffers at Wick on 6th July 2012. A mural of a Highland 4-4-0 adorns the wall here and at Thurso but at Wick the platform has been raised inside the trainshed allow ... |
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Emma Roddick says 'I find it bizarre that ScotRail is using current passenger numbers to justify service reductions'.
(Permalink) Doubling Emma Roddick Friends of the Far North Line Highland Main Line |
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Electricity produced at the MeyGen tidal energy scheme in the Pentland Firth could be used to power an experimental battery-operated train between Wick and Thurso.
That is the hope of rail campaign group Friends of the Far North Line (FoFNL) which claims Caithness would be a good place to test the technology. (Permalink) Battery Train Far North Line Friends of the Far North Line MeyGen |
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