Whether plans to transfer rolling stock to the Airdrie-Bathgate rail line from other parts of the rail network will place undue pressure on…

The rolling stockprocurement plan continues to be developed by Transport Scotland alongside the wider procurement plan to address the requirementsof both the Major Projects, including Airdrie to Bathgate, and the increasing demandsfor rail services. Transport Scotland is confident that it can successfully procurethe rolling stock needed to continue growing Scotland’s railways, and the procurement plan is on schedule to meet the deliverydeadline for the Airdrie to Bathgate project of December 2010. No decision has beenmade on the type of rolling stock that will be deployed on the route.