Forth rail tunnel plan considered technically viable
Tunnelling specialists have welcomed proposals to build a new rail tunnel crossing below the Firth of Forth in Scotland as part of plans put forward by the Scottish Green Party to improve the rail network and deliver on carbon net zero transport promises.
The Rail for All plan, published earlier this week, proposes a 14.5km long twin bore rail tunnel is driven under the Firth of Forth from Abbeyhill to Seafield, between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, passing under Leith. The tunnel proposal is claimed to be essential to easing the bottleneck around Edinburgh’s Haymarket Station, which “affects the whole network”.