mfc3024
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I flew from Edinburgh Airport yesterday and whilst sitting waiting to take-off, I noticed a train going by, not too far from the airport.
What ever happened to the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link? Was it shelved purely because of the trams project or were there other reasons for it not going ahead? I don't know the details in terms of costs / work involved, but the railway does run close to the airport so I would have thought that a branch line would have been an option.
I suppose in the ideal world there would be direct rail connections in all directions to Waverley, north to Fife, Dundee, Perth, west to Cumbernauld / Glasgow but we don't live in an ideal world and so tourists and commuters can only travel by public transport (buses / trams from May 2014) between Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh city centre.
What ever happened to the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link? Was it shelved purely because of the trams project or were there other reasons for it not going ahead? I don't know the details in terms of costs / work involved, but the railway does run close to the airport so I would have thought that a branch line would have been an option.
I suppose in the ideal world there would be direct rail connections in all directions to Waverley, north to Fife, Dundee, Perth, west to Cumbernauld / Glasgow but we don't live in an ideal world and so tourists and commuters can only travel by public transport (buses / trams from May 2014) between Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh city centre.
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