A large timber processing plant in Moray has been granted planning permission for a rail connection and sidings. The West Fraser board factory near Dalcross is adjacent to the Inverness to Aberdeen railway line. Previous attempts to bring round timber to the plant by rail were frustrated by the lack of a direct rail connection […]

On Wednesday 4th June, Marion Short and Peter Heubeck held a virtual meeting with Graeme Johnstone of Scottish Borders Council and Martyn Ross of Turner and Townsend, who SBC have recently appointed to project manage the feasibility study. Martyn described his rail industry experience. He had initially worked in railway vehicle construction and repair in […]

On Friday 30th May, our Chair Marion Short and our Technical Adviser Peter Heubeck met Ms Julie Minns MP and her office manager at the constituency office in Carlisle. Julie, who was elected as the Carlisle MP at the recent General Election is a strong supporter of the Campaign and was one of our guest […]