HSUK SCOTTISH RAIL STRATEGY With Edinburgh and Glasgow comprising two of the UK’s principal conurbations, it is natural that both cities will be primary stakeholders in any future UK high speed rail network. Projections for HS2 show high speed lines extending northwards to both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the scheme’s proponents claim major economic benefits accruing from accelerated North-South links, and environmental benefits accruing from short-haul air flows converted to rail. It is important to appreciate that the core rationale of any high speed rail system is to connect primary conurbations (of 500,000+ population), and this is likely to deter the opening of new lines north of the Forth-Clyde Line. Hence a major proportion of the Scottish population away from the Central Belt seems likely to see no direct benefits from the UK high speed rail project. These areas have been poorly served by rail since the ‘Beeching’ cuts of the 1960’s, and the economic impacts are continuing. The Scottish Government has taken significant steps to redress these connectivity deficiencies, with several rail routes reopened in recent years. But whilst the pace of Scottish reopenings far outstrips performance elsewhere in the UK, progress is still slow. It seems vital that the UK high speed rail initiative is developed in such a way as to extend operation of high speed services north of the Forth-Clyde Line, and in doing so to spur further reopenings. This will bring benefit to the widest practicable spread of Scottish communities. The following diagrams chart the development of the Scottish rail network, and illustrate the likely impacts of both HS2 and the alternative High Speed UK scheme. For precise details of the core High Speed UK proposals (as included in the cost estimates), see the HSUK Regional Maps on www.highspeeduk.co.uk. SRS1 : SCOTTISH NETWORK – PRE-1923 GROUPING Development of the Scottish railway network occurred almost simultaneous with the English network. The first major route to open (in 1842) was the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway, linking Haymarket and Queen Street; the system then rapidly developed, connecting to other major Scottish cities, and across the border to England. The Scottish network was dominated by 5 major companies. The North British, Caledonian, and Glasgow South- Western handled the primary Anglo-Scottish traffic, and were closely aligned with the North-Eastern, the London North-Western and Midland respectively to comprise the East Coast, West Coast and Midland routes that still exist today. Other principal companies, operating further north, were the Highland and the Great North of Scotland. SRS2 : 1970 SCOTTISH NETWORK : BEECHING CLOSURES This diagram illustrates the Scottish rail network in circa 1970, with the closures set out in the 1963 Beeching Report ‘Reshaping Britain’s Railways’ largely complete. In the intervening years, the Scottish rail network suffered major cutbacks. In addition to the closure of many branch lines, primary routes such as Waverley (Edinburgh-Carlisle via Tweeddale), Glenfarg (Edinburgh-Perth via Kinross) and Strathmore (Perth-Aberdeen via Forfar) were also lost. This had major adverse effects upon the Scottish rail network: large areas, especially the Borders region, left without any rail services; reduced network capacity; loss of diversionary routes; intercity links to key Northern cities such as Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness regressed to slower regional routes, stopping at most stations (eg Perth-Aberdeen coastal route) leading to increased journey times. These all represent major connectivity deficiencies which leave major swathes of Scotland without viable rail links, and which restrict the ability of the surviving rail network to compete against road transport. SRS3 : EXISTING SCOTTISH NETWORK : PRINCIPAL ROUTES In recent years, the Scottish Government has undertaken significant route reopenings, most notably the Airdrie- Bathgate scheme to create a new electrified rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the ‘Waverley’ restoration between Edinburgh and Galashiels. With all of Scotland’s major airports (ie Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen disconnected from the main line network (despite rail routes passing very close), new rail links to Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are under consideration (EARL & GARL); but currently, both projects are stalled. The diagram also illustrates aspirations for route restoration and development, including reconnection of St Andrews to the rail network, and the Dornoch Link which will considerably accelerate rail journeys to the far North of Scotland. SRS4 : HS2 & EXISTING SCOTTISH RAIL NETWORK HS2’s ‘extended Y’ format essentially focusses upon London and the West Midlands, and does not offer good quality connections between other primary (English) regional centres. The ‘Carstairs split’ of HS2’s route into Scotland dictates separate trains to serve both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and this means that intercity services to UK cities other than London will generally operate at 2-hourly frequencies. The inefficiencies of the Carstairs split effectively preclude a third service strand north of the Forth-Clyde line, to cities such as Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness. With HS2 terminal locations at Edinburgh and Glasgow not defined, the quality of onward connections from HS2 to Northern communities cannot yet be determined, but prospects do not look good. HS2’s chosen route along the axis of the West Coast Main Line – as shown on diagram SRS4 - also raises huge engineering and environmental issues. These are most severe around the fringes of the English Lake District, where a circa 50km long ‘base tunnel’, extending from Kendal to Penrith, can reasonably be predicted. Major tunnelling will also be required to replicate the current WCML ‘Beattock’ crossing of the Scottish Southern Uplands. Possibly on account of the routeing inefficiencies listed above, and the engineering difficulties of the west-sided HS2 route to Scotland, in June 2015 HS2 Ltd has deemed this route to have ‘no business case’. Current initiatives to investigate on-line upgrades of the WCML to Scotland seem unlikely to deliver more viable outcomes. SRS5: EAST-SIDED HS2 APPROACH TO SCOTLAND AS MODELLED BY HS2 LTD The obvious alternative to HS2’s chosen west-sided route to Scotland – ie a high speed line aligned to the east of the Pennines – would seem to offer major advantages, including easier topography, and all the efficiencies of the 3 primary cities of Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow being placed on a single line of route. Yet HS2 Ltd has chosen not to examine this route, and has instead modelled (as shown on Diagram SRS5) a clearly unfeasible cross-Border route running east-west through the Scottish Southern Uplands (approximately following Tweeddale and requiring a ‘base tunnel’ circa 40-50km in length) to a point in Upper Clydesdale where services (or service pattern) would split for Edinburgh and Glasgow. This would replicate the inefficiencies of the chosen HS2 route. SRS6 : HIGH SPEED UK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TO SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM High Speed UK’s proposed route fully demonstrates the advantages of the logical east-sided route that was ignored by HS2 Ltd. It is located in the easier and less sensitive topography closer to the east of the Pennines, and it can be accomplished with a much shorter length of tunnelling (even allowing for the significant lengths of tunnel required to access central stations in both Newcastle and Edinburgh). For Scotland to gain maximum benefit from the UK high speed rail initiative, it is necessary to extend high speed services north of the Forth-Clyde Line. With the existing Scottish regional network slow, and lacking the capacity to accommodate higher speed services, the optimum strategy is to restore the abandoned Glenfarg and Strathmore routes to provide a new and faster inland ‘spine’ to augment the existing routes. SRS7 : HIGH SPEED UK INTEGRATED WITH EXISTING NETWORK High Speed UK’s ‘spine & spur’ configuration will link Scotland to all English regional centres, and creates major efficiencies through placing Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow on a single line of route. This also puts Edinburgh Waverley at the hub of the Scottish network, aligns with the Scottish aspiration for a high speed link between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and requires only a second service strand to access Northern cities – including Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness - across the Forth Bridge. Restoration of the inland Glenfarg and Strathmore routes will allow step-change capacity and journey time benefits on Northern routes. The diagram also illustrates the potential to extend the Waverley restoration towards the populous English North- East. This will create major new connectivity benefits, both for Tweeddale and for the Northumbrian communities around Wooler and Alnwick. Although this ‘Waverley Nouveau’ route would follow a substantial length of 2-track high speed line, sufficient capacity should exist to accommodate a single hourly ‘local’ service. SRS8 : ENHANCED RAIL CONNECTIVITY TO EDINBURGH AIRPORT The restored Glenfarg and Strathmore routes, together with High Speed UK’s high speed link between Edinburgh and Glasgow, create an ‘Inverse T’ model for an upgraded Scottish intercity rail network, extending northwards across the Forth Bridge to Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. At the hub of this system is Edinburgh Airport, and this creates the potential for rail services to radiate across Scotland, linking the airport to all major regional centres. High Speed UK would connect Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Airport in less than 20 minutes, with trains continuing north to (for example) Perth and Aberdeen. The diagram illustrates a scheme for a new underground airport railway station, with links extending to the Edinburgh-Glasgow routes to the south, and to the Forth Bridge route to the north. SRS9 : HIGH SPEED UK AND ASSOCIATED FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS With Anglo-Scottish intercity services diverted onto High Speed UK’s inland cross-Border route via Wooler, it becomes necessary to consider the future of the coastal ECML route via Berwick. Currently, intercity services (both East Coast and CrossCountry) call at Morpeth, Alnmouth, Berwick and Dunbar; but the service pattern is irregular and infrequent, and offers poor local connectivity. With a relatively small local population (collectively less than 100,000), there is insufficient traffic to support frequent local services; and with the clear difficulties of maintaining a coastal electrified railway, continued operation of the line could possibly be deemed unviable. The HSUK strategy, of developing a parallel Continental Gauge freight network, provides an invaluable opportunity to develop a new ‘base load’ flow, that will transform the economics of the residual ECML. With no tunnels, no major stations, and no critical flows that cannot be diverted, there is no serious impediment to undertaking the necessary works to enable taller and wider freight traffic to operate. This is not possible with development of HS2 along the WCML corridor. SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 1 KEY LAIRG HIGHLAND RAILWAY GOLSPIE GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND SCOTTISH NETWORK – CALEDONIAN GLASGOW SOUTH WESTERN DORNOCH PRE-1923 GROUPING NORTH BRITISH NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY DIAGRAM SRS 1 TERTIARY/ LOCAL STATION TAIN © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
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INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH PETERHEAD D GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE FORT BALLATER MALLAIG AUGUSTUS ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN STRATHMORE FORT LINE MONTROSE WILLIAM PITLOCHRY FORFAR BALLACHULISH ARBROATH COUPAR ANGUS OBAN CRIANLARICH CRIEFF PERTH DUNDEE SELECTED SCALE ONLY PERMITS ILLUSTRATION OF PRIMARY ROUTES. CALLANDER St ANDREWS SUBSEQUENT ‘MONOPOLY KINROSS GLENFARG BREAKERS’ AND MANY LINE LOCAL BRANCH LINES ALSO DUNFERMLINE GENERALLY NOT SHOWN ALLOA STIRLING HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY BALLOCH GOUROCK FALKIRK INVERKEITHING NORTH BERWICK GLASGOW EDINBURGH BATHGATE DUNBAR AIRDRIE W.BAY PAISLEY MOTHERWELL WAVERLEY LARGS LINE BERWICK LARKHALL CARSTAIRS PEEBLES MELROSE STRATHAVEN LANARK GALASHIELS KILMARNOCK SELKIRK ARDROSSAN BIGGAR NEWTOWN KELSO WOOLER TROON St BOSWELLS GRANTO JEDBURGH PRESTWICK WN ON ALNWICK MOFFAT WAVERLEY SPEY HAWICK BEATTOCK LINE AYR ALNMOUTH LANGHOLM ROTHBURY LOCKERBIE GIRVAN MORPETH DUMFRIES
NEWTON DALBEATTIE STEWART CARLISLE NEWCASTLE MARYPORT & CARLISLE MIDLAND HEXHAM S’LAND STRANRAER KIRKCUDBRIGHT LONDON NORTH-WESTERN SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 2 KEY LAIRG SURVIVING ROUTE & RAIL- GOLSPIE SERVED TOWNS/ CITIES 1970 NETWORK C/W CLOSED ROUTE/ DISCONNECTED TOWN DORNOCH PRINCIPAL CLOSURES ROUTE LATER REOPENED DIAGRAM 2 TAIN SRS © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
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INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH PETERHEAD D GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE FORT BALLATER MALLAIG AUGUSTUS ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN STRATHMORE FORT LINE MONTROSE WILLIAM PITLOCHRY FORFAR BALLACHULISH COUPAR ARBROATH ANGUS OBAN CRIANLARICH CRIEFF DUNDEE PERTH CALLANDER St ANDREWS KINROSS GLENFARG LINE DUNFERMLINE ALLOA STIRLING HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY BALLOCH GOUROCK FALKIRK INVERKEITHING NORTH BERWICK GLASGOW EDINBURGH BATHGATE DUNBAR AIRDRIE W.BAY PAISLEY MOTHERWELL WAVERLEY LARGS LINE BERWICK LARKHALL CARSTAIRS PEEBLES STRATHAVEN LANARK GALASHIELS KILMARNOCK MELROSE ARDROSSAN BIGGAR NEWTOWN KELSO WOOLER TROON St BOSWELLS PRESTWICK ALNWICK MOFFAT BEATTOCK HAWICK AYR ALNMOUTH WAVERLEY ROTHBURY LINE MORPETH GIRVAN LOCKERBIE
DUMFRIES NEWTON DALBEATTIE STEWART NEWCASTLE CARLISLE HEXHAM S’LAND STRANRAER KIRKCUDBRIGHT SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 3 KEY LAIRG PRIMARY/SECONDARY/ GOLSPIE TERTIARY/LOCAL CENTRE EXISTING NETWORK: REOPENED ROUTE/ RECONNECTED TOWN DORNOCH PRINCIPAL ROUTES DISCONNECTED TOWN DORNOCH LINK AS PER PROJECTED NEW LINE OR DIAGRAM SRS 3 REOPENING TAIN DORLAG SCHEME FOR FASTER LINKS TO FAR © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 NORTH?? FRASERBURGH DINGWALL ELGIN INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH PETERHEAD D GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE BALLATER MALLAIG ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN
FORT MONTROSE WILLIAM FORFAR PITLOCHRY
COUPAR ARBROATH OBAN ANGUS St ANDREWS RECONNECTED CRIANLARICH TO SCOTTISH NETWORK VIA PERTH DUNDEE LEUCHARS FOR NORTH- & SOUTH-FACING LINKS?? CALLANDER St ANDREWS KINROSS
DUNFERMLINE EDINBURGH AIRPORT DISCONNECTED FROM SCOTTISH RAIL NETWORK. STIRLING ALLOA EDINBURGH AIRPORT RAIL LINK (EARL) HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY SCHEME CURRENTLY DEFERRED?? BALLOCH GOUROCK FALKIRK INVERKEITHING GLASGOW NORTH BERWICK BATHGATE DUNBAR EDINBURGH AIRDRIE LIVINGSTON W.BAY PAISLEY MOTHERWELL LARGS BERWICK PEEBLES CARSTAIRS LARKHALL GALASHIELS LANARK KILMARNOCK NEW S TO E MELROSE CHORD AT GLASGOW AIRPORT ARDROSSAN LANARK FOR NEWTOWN KELSO WOOLER RAIL LINK PROJECT TROON EDINBURGH- St BOSWELLS (GARL) CURRENTLY PRESTWICK CLYDESDALE- DEFERRED?? ALNWICK GLASGOW HAWICK LOCAL ALNMOUTH SERVICES??
GIRVAN LOCKERBIE MORPETH
DUMFRIES CARLISLE NEWCASTLE
HEXHAM S’LAND STRANRAER SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 4 KEY LAIRG DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE GOLSPIE HS2 & EXISTING HIGH SPEED TERMINAL IN PRIMARY CITY, LOCATION TO DORNOCH SCOTTISH RAIL BE DETERMINED NETWORK TOWN DISCONNECTED FROM RAIL NETWORK TAIN DIAGRAM SRS 4 © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
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GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE BALLATER MALLAIG ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN
FORT MONTROSE WILLIAM FORFAR PITLOCHRY
COUPAR ARBROATH OBAN ANGUS CRIANLARICH PERTH DUNDEE
HS2 HIGH SPEED St ANDREWS SERVICES NOT PLANNED KINROSS TO EXTEND NORTH OF FORTH-CLYDE LINE DUNFERMLINE ALLOA HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY BALLOCH STIRLING GOUROCK FALKIRK INVERKEITHING NORTH BERWICK GLASGOW EDINBURGH BATHGATE DUNBAR AIRDRIE LIVINGSTON W.BAY EDINBURGH HS2 PAISLEY M’WELL TERMINAL POSSIBLY LARGS LOCATED AT BERWICK EDINBURGH AIRPORT LARKHALL GALASHIELS MELROSE NO DEFINITIVE INFO LANARK KILMARNOCK RE POSSIBLE CARSTAIRS LOCATIONS OF HS2 ARDROSSAN NEWTOWN KELSO WOOLER TERMINALS IN EDIN- TROON EDINBURGH- BURGH & GLASGOW St BOSWELLS PRESTWICK GLASGOW HIGH SPEED LINK HAWICK ALNWICK AYR VIA CARSTAIRS? 32min PROJD BEATTOCK BASE TUNNEL CIRCA 12km ALNMOUTH LONG. NOTE ALSO REQUIREMENT FOR SHAP/LUNE GORGE BASE TUNNEL CIRCA MORPETH GIRVAN LOCKERBIE 50km LONG. OVERALL CIRCA 60km OF TUNNEL BETWEEN (ENGLISH) NORTH- WEST AND EDINBURGH/GLASGOW DUMFRIES CARLISLE NEWCASTLE MANCHESTER BIRMINGHAM HEXHAM S’LAND STRANRAER LONDON
SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 5 KEY LAIRG DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE GOLSPIE EAST-SIDED HS2 HIGH SPEED TERMINAL IN PRIMARY CITY, LOCATION TO DORNOCH APPROACH TO SCOTLAND BE DETERMINED AS MODELLED BY HS2 LTD TOWN DISCONNECTED FROM RAIL NETWORK TAIN EXISTING SCOTTISH RAIL DIAGRAM SRS 5 NETWORK © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
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GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE BALLATER MALLAIG ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN
FORT MONTROSE WILLIAM FORFAR PITLOCHRY
COUPAR ARBROATH OBAN ANGUS CRIANLARICH PERTH DUNDEE
HS2 HIGH SPEED St ANDREWS SERVICES NOT PLANNED KINROSS TO EXTEND NORTH OF FORTH-CLYDE LINE DUNFERMLINE ALLOA HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY BALLOCH STIRLING GOUROCK FALKIRK INVERKEITHING NORTH BERWICK GLASGOW EDINBURGH BATHGATE DUNBAR AIRDRIE LIVINGSTON W.BAY EDINBURGH HS2 PAISLEY M’WELL TERMINAL POSSIBLY LARGS LOCATED AT BERWICK EDINBURGH AIRPORT LARKHALL GALASHIELS MELROSE KILMARNOCK LANARK CARSTAIRS ARDROSSAN NO DEFINITIVE INFO RE TROON EDINBURGH- POSSIBLE LOCATIONS OF PRESTWICK GLASGOW HIGH HAWICK HS2 TERMINALS IN ALNWICK SPEED LINK EDINBURGH & GLASGOW VIA CARSTAIRS? AYR ALNMOUTH 32min PROJD SOUTHERN UPLANDS BASE TUNNEL CIRCA 50km LONG REQUIRED FOR HS2 EAST-SIDED APPROACH TO MORPETH GIRVAN LOCKERBIE SCOTLAND AS PER ‘REVERSE E’ AND ‘REVERSE-S’ NETWORK CONFIG- URATIONS MODELLED BY HS2 LTD DUMFRIES CARLISLE NEWCASTLE
HEXHAM S’LAND STRANRAER SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 6 KEY LAIRG GOLSPIE DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE HIGH SPEED UK AND UPGRADED EXISTING ROUTE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS NEW ROUTE DORNOCH RESTORED ROUTE TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM RECONNECTED TOWN DORNOCH LINK AS PER #24 LINK TO EXISTING NETWORK TAIN DORLAG SCHEME FOR DIAGRAM SRS 6 0 FASTER LINKS TO FAR 1 NORTH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
DINGWALL ELGIN FRASERBURGH INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH PETERHEAD D GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE BALLATER MALLAIG ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN
FORT PITLOCHRY MONTROSE WILLIAM FASTER TRUNK SERVICES FORFAR NEW STATIONS IN FROM UK HS NETWORK TO EASTERN EDINBURGH NORTH OF SCOTLAND VIA SUBURBS ENABLED BY ARBROATH RESTORED STRATHMORE COUPAR DIVERSION OF INTERCITY OBAN ROUTE & REENGINEERED/ ANGUS SERVICES TO HSUK RESTORED GLENFARG CRIANLARICH ROUTE POTENTIAL DIRECT HS PERTH DUNDEE NEW RAIL LINKS THRU ROUTE TO GLASGOW, EDINBURGH AIRPORT BYPASSING EDINBURGH CONNECTING HSUK St ANDREWS INCLUDING TUNNELLED ROUTE TO GLASGOW & KINROSS SECTIONS FOR CENTRAL FORTH BRIDGE ROUTE ROUTEINGS THROUGH TO NORTH. SEE PLAN DUNFERMLINE NEWCASTLE & EDINBURGH, SRS8 ALLOA TOTAL OF CIRCA 25km OF STIRLING TUNNEL REQUIRED FOR HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY BALLOCH NORTH HSUK ROUTE FROM NORTH GOUROCK INVERKEITHING BERWICK OF ENGLAND TO CENTRAL GLASGOW SCOTLAND FALKIRK EDINBURGH
#40 DUNBAR W.BAY #41 0 #38,39 PAISLEY 36,37 #35 0MOSSEND2 1 0 # MOTHERWELL SHOTTS0 ROUTE 0 LARGS 1 1 & COASTAL ECML1 BERWICK UPGRADED1 AS GALASHIELS LARKHALL EUROGAUGE ROUTE TO MOSSEND CARSTAIRS KILMARNOCK LANARK MELROSE #34 0 ARDROSSAN DIVERSION OF SPEED- NEWTOWN KELSO WOOLER SENSITIVE SERVICES 1 TROON TO HSUK ENABLES St BOSWELLS PRESTWICK STATION REOPENINGS ALNWICK ON EXISTING ROUTES BEATTOCK HAWICK #33 AYR ALNMOUTH WAVERLEY ROUTE EXTENDED 0 SOUTH OF GALASHIELS ALONG1 LOCKERBIE RESTORED ROUTES & HSUK TO GIRVAN MORPETH LINK TWEEDDALE TO NEWCASTLE (INSTEAD OF CARLISLE AS PER #32 DUMFRIES ORIGINAL WAVERLEY ROUTE) 0 CARLISLE HEXHAM NEWCASTLE1
NOTTINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, S’LAND STRANRAER LEEDS, SHEFFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON
SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 7 KEY LAIRG HSUK SERVICE GOLSPIE HIGH SPEED UK HS/LOCAL INTERCHANGE OTHER PROJECTED SERVICE DORNOCH INTEGRATED WITH ON NEW OR REOPENED ROUTE RECONNECTED TOWN EXISTING NETWORK DORNOCH LINK AS PER DISCONNECTED TOWN TAIN DORLAG SCHEME FOR FASTER LINKS TO FAR DIAGRAM SRS 7 NORTH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
DINGWALL ELGIN FRASERBURGH INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH CONNECTIVITY DATA PETERHEAD BASED UPON HSUK D TIMETABLE COVERING GRANTOWN 36 KEY HUBS OF UK on SPEY RAIL NETWORK AVIEMORE AVE. % JOURNEY BALLATER MALLAIG TIME REDUCTION No OF CITIES ABERDEEN ARISAIG DIRECTLY LINKED BRECHIN
RESTORED FORT PITLOCHRY MONTROSE WILLIAM STRATHMORE & GLENFARG ROUTES FORFAR ENABLE ACCELERATED SCOTTISH INTERCITY COUPAR ARBROATH OBAN NETWORK & TRUNK ANGUS SERVICES FROM NORTH OF SCOTLAND TO CRIANLARICH UK HS NETWORK PERTH DUNDEE POTENTIAL DIRECT HS ENHANCED REGIONAL ROUTE TO GLASGOW, SERVICES TO EDINBURGH BYPASSING EDINBURGH AIRPORT SHOWN ON St ANDREWS DRAWING SRS8 KINROSS POSSIBLE SPLITTING POINT FOR 400m 43% DUNFERMLINE 43% LONG HIGH SPEED ALLOA 26 SERVICES AT 23 STIRLING EDINBURGH HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY NORTH BALLOCH BERWICK NEW STATIONS IN GOUROCK INVERKEITHING GLASGOW EASTERN EDINBURGH FALKIRK EDINBURGH SUBURBS ENABLED BY DIVERSION OF INTERCITY DUNBAR SERVICES TO HSUK W.BAY PAISLEY MOTHERWELL GLASGOW – LARGS BERWICK EDINBURGH GALASHIELS HIGH SPEED LINK LARKHALL 20min PROJD CARSTAIRS 18min PROJD KILMARNOCK LANARK MELROSE ARDROSSAN DIVERSION OF SPEED- NEWTOWN KELSO WOOLER SENSITIVE SERVICES TROON TO HSUK ENABLES St BOSWELLS PRESTWICK STATION REOPENINGS ALNWICK ON EXISTING ROUTES BEATTOCK HAWICK AYR ALNMOUTH WAVERLEY ROUTE EXTENDED SOUTH OF GALASHIELS ALONG LOCKERBIE RESTORED ROUTES & HSUK TO GIRVAN MORPETH LINK TWEEDDALE TO NEWCASTLE (INSTEAD OF CARLISLE AS PER DUMFRIES ORIGINAL WAVERLEY ROUTE) CARLISLE HEXHAM NEWCASTLE
NOTTINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, S’LAND STRANRAER LEEDS, SHEFFIELD, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON
SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 8 KEY LAIRG DIRECT SERVICE TO GOLSPIE EDINBURGH AIRPORT ENHANCED RAIL STATION DIRECTLY LINKED CONNECTIVITY TO TO EDINBURGH AIRPORT DORNOCH EDINBURGH AIRPORT
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DINGWALL ELGIN FRASERBURGH INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH PETERHEAD D GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE BALLATER MALLAIG ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN
FORT MONTROSE WILLIAM PITLOCHRY FORFAR STRATHMORE & GLENFARG ROUTES ARBROATH RESTORED AS PRIMARY COUPAR OBAN NORTHWARD STEM OF ANGUS SCOTTISH NETWORK, PERTH CRIANLARICH LINKING DIRECTLY TO DUNDEE EDINBURGH AIRPORT
ENHANCED RAIL LINKS St ANDREWS TO EDINBURGH AIRPORT – SEE INSET DIAGRAM KINROSS DUNFERMLINE ALLOA STIRLING HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY BALLOCH NORTH GOUROCK INVERKEITHING BERWICK GLASGOW FALKIRK EDINBURGH DUNBAR
W.BAY PAISLEY MOTHERWELL LARGS BERWICK CARSTAIRS LARKHALL GALASHIELS MELROSE KILMARNOCK LANARK FORTH BRIDGE ARDROSSAN KELSO WOOLER TROON EDINBURGH PRESTWICK ALNWICK BEATTOCK HAWICK AYR HSUK ALNMOUTH
NEW RAIL LINKS INTO GIRVAN EDINBURGH AIRPORT MORPETH LOCKERBIE (KEY AS PER DRG SRS6)
DUMFRIES CARLISLE NEWCASTLE
HEXHAM S’LAND STRANRAER SCOTTISH RAIL SYSTEM : 9 KEY LAIRG GOLSPIE DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE HIGH SPEED UK AND KEY FREIGHT ROUTE & YARD ASSOCIATED FREIGHT FREIGHT ROUTE CAPABLE OF UP- DORNOCH GRADE TO CONTINENTAL GAUGE DEVELOPMENTS RESTORED/NEW/UPGRADED ROUTE DORNOCH LINK AS PER TAIN DORLAG SCHEME FOR FASTER LINKS TO FAR DIAGRAM SRS 9 NORTH © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018
DINGWALL ELGIN FRASERBURGH INVERNESS KYLE OF LOCHALSH PETERHEAD D GRANTOWN on SPEY AVIEMORE BALLATER MALLAIG ABERDEEN ARISAIG BRECHIN
FORT PITLOCHRY MONTROSE WILLIAM FORFAR
COUPAR ARBROATH OBAN ANGUS
CRIANLARICH ONWARD FREIGHT DUNDEE ROUTE TO NORTH PERTH SCOTLAND VIA CUMBERNAULD, STIRLING AND St ANDREWS PERTH/DUNFERMLINE KINROSS EDINBURGH BYPASSING DUNFERMLINE ROUTE VIA MILLERHILL & ALLOA EDINBURGH SUBS - OR STIRLING VIA POTENTIAL NEW HS HELENSBURGH KIRCALDY EDINBURGH BYPASS BALLOCH NORTH BERWICK GOUROCK INVERKEITHING POTENTIAL GLASGOW FALKIRK EDINBURGH EUROGAUGE ROUTE TO DUNBAR CENTRAL W.BAY SCOTLAND PAISLEY MOSSEND VIA ECML MOTHERWELL MILLERHILL LARGS BERWICK GALASHIELS HUNTERSTON POTENTIAL LARKHALL EUROGAUGE ROUTE TO LANARK CARSTAIRS KILMARNOCK MOSSEND VIA ARDROSSAN PRIMARY SHOTTS LINE KELSO WOOLER TROON CONTAINER PRESTWICK ROUTE TO MOSSEND BEATTOCK ALNWICK AYR VIA WCML HAWICK ALNMOUTH PRIMARY HEAVY GIRVAN FREIGHT ROUTE TO LOCKERBIE MORPETH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH ALTERNATIVE EUROGAUGE FROM HUNTERSTON ROUTE VIA BLYTH & TYNE DUMFRIES VIA GLASGOW FREIGHT LINES SOUTH WESTERN CARLISLE HEXHAM NEWCASTLE
WCML SETTLE-CARLISLE TO TYNE S’LAND STRANRAER YORKSHIRE YARD