THERE'S an "element of optimism" that a rail halt may finally arrive at the Halbeath park and ride.
Fife Council has been arguing the case for trains stopping at the transport hub since 2013 but a lack of funding has shunted the idea into the sidings.
The Fife Circle runs right by the site and last week, during a discussion on multi-million pound transport improvements for Dunfermline, there was a glimmer of light.
At the policy and co-ordination committee, service manager John Mitchell told councillors: "We've been asked by Transport Scotland, in terms of the review of the national transport strategy and the associated strategic transport projects review that's ongoing at the moment, to supply the details for that project.