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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”. ....
Scottish Greens claim Forth tunnel would boost rail journey times to north-east An ambitious plan to build a rail tunnel underneath the Forth has been unveiled by the Scottish Greens. The party wants a £22 billion rail revolution to be at the heart of Scotland s green recovery from Covid-19. As part of that, it claims a tunnel between Leith and Kirkcaldy - at a cost of £4-6 billion - would help boost journey times to and from the north-east. As part of its Rail for All proposal, unveiled ahead of this year s Scottish Parliament election, the party is also proposing that one publicly owned rail operator is formed, by reintegrating ScotRail and Network Rail (Scotland). ....
Kingdom FM On Air Next An ambitious plan to build a rail tunnel underneath the Forth has been unveiled by the Scottish Greens. The party wants a £22 billion rail revolution to be at the heart of Scotland s green recovery from Covid-19. As part of that, it claims a tunnel between Leith and Kirkcaldy - at a cost of £4-6 billion - would help boost communities in Fife and across Scotland. As part of its Rail for All proposal, unveiled ahead of this year s Scottish Parliament election, the party is also proposing that one publicly owned rail operator is formed, by reintegrating ScotRail and Network Rail (Scotland). ....