Written Question · S3W-24188 · Session 3
Further to the answer to question S3W-23785 by Stewart Stevenson on 20 May 2009, when Transport Scotland decided to request that DB Schenke…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-23785 by Stewart Stevenson on 20 May 2009, when Transport Scotland decided to request that DB Schenker give up operating freight trains across the Forth Bridge.
The answer
It was always the intention that freight trains would run on this line as the business case presented to Parliament provided for both a passenger line to Alloa and freight line to Kincardine.
The line provides a direct route for freight trains supplying Longannet power station from Ayrshire with coal and removing the need to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh and the Forth Rail Bridge hence the project envisaged that freight would transfer upon completion.
The line provides a direct route for freight trains supplying Longannet power station from Ayrshire with coal and removing the need to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh and the Forth Rail Bridge hence the project envisaged that freight would transfer upon completion.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-24188 by reference.