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So-called 'hit and run tourism' is one reason why Venice has moved to cut cruise ship visits.
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The former goods station located in the heart of Leith was transformed into a pub in the 1950s before becoming one of Scotland's most well respected youth centres.
(Permalink) Leith Leith Citadel North Leith  North Leith: Leith Citadel was the alternative name for this terminus, and Citadel Youth Club occupies the building today. The frontage on Commercial Street remains intact, while here the site of the platforms has ...  North Leith: One of the NB's 3 termini in Leith this one on Commercial Street closed in 1947. A writer of 1884 regarded this is a shabby building though it may have had claim at some time to be ornamental. ...  North Leith: Saturday 29 August 1964 was the day of the SLS/BLS J36 Railtour. The special, which was hauled throughout by 65234, visited selected branch lines in and around Edinburgh. The train is seen here at No ... |
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The Scottish Greens have proposed billion-pound plans to build a rail crossing under the Firth of Forth which would 'substantially' cut journey times north.
(Permalink) Forth Tunnel Fraserburgh Kirkcaldy Leith Peterhead Westhill  Peterhead: View over the buffer stops at Peterhead on 24 May 1969 showing D5323 at the platform with the Formartine and Buchan Railtour preparing to return to Aberdeen.  Fraserburgh: The very last goods train at Fraserburgh on the 5th October 1979. Jim Morrison, one-time signalman at Fraserburgh, and latterly railwayman at Maud is pointing out something of interest to the driver o ... |
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The Scottish Greens have promised to dig deep for votes after proposing billion-pound plans to tunnel under the Firth of Forth.
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It's an idea that may strike some as comically grandiose: a railway tunnel under the Firth of Forth to link Fife with Leith.
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Plans for a nine-mile 'game changer' tunnel under the Forth have been announced by the Scottish Greens as part of a £22 billion scheme to transform the country's rail network.
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The Rail for All programme would pull investment from extending the road network, doubling the resources pumped into rail.
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