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Large investment announced to expand EDI.
https://corporate.edinburghairport.com/edinburgh-airport-announces-gbp500million-investment-plan
Edinburgh Airport has unveiled the first phase of the largest capital investment programme in its history, with more than £500 million to be invested over...
Some news regarding the proposed Winchburgh station.
https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/09/local-msp-asks-for-meeting-with-flynn-over-winchburgh-station/
Local MSP asks for meeting with Flynn over Winchburgh station
That's interesting. HMRC did the same thing with their new office next door to Edinburgh Waverley (you can see it just before you enter the Calton Road tunnels) and there wasn't a reaction.
The Scotsman already did an FoI and is in the article snippet I posted in the my initial post:
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Well, she might may no longer be CEO of Transport Scotland for too much longer if John Swinney gets his way and it is abolished!
Transport Scotland to move into Government amid wider...
The article sounds like it's making a bit of mountain out of a molehill.
Union Jack-style Great British Railways branding at major Glasgow station angers Scottish government officials...
The usual suspects are in the shortlist.
All of the manufacturers have some exposure to the Scottish rail market already. Some with less exposure like Stadler and CAF with the Glasgow Subway trains and Caledonian Sleeper Mark 5 cars respectively and Edinburgh Trams. To those with a lot like...
Balgray station is to open on Sunday 27 September, according to Network Rail.
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/one-month-to-go-until-balgray-station-welcomes-first-passengers
One month to go until Balgray station welcomes first passengers
The station is to open on Sunday 27 September, according to Network Rail.
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/one-month-to-go-until-balgray-station-welcomes-first-passengers
One month to go until Balgray station welcomes first passengers
Article in Rail Engineer discussing ScotRail's future fleet renewal strategy.
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/scotlands-rail-fleet-strategy-more-than-just-trains/
Scotland’s rail fleet strategy: more than just trains
One wonders if the approval of the expansion of Luton and now Gatwick getting across the final legal hurdle to activate the 2nd runway into operational use, is there an actual chance of that a third runway at Heathrow may actually be approved and built in the 2030s?
Press release from NR:
First visible signs of electrification appear on Borders railway
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/first-visible-signs-of-electrification-appear-on-borders-railway
Not to stray too off topic, but that is pretty much the similar thing that happened when the original Edinburgh (Turnhouse) airport was on Turnhouse Road not very far away from the railway line, before moving it in the 1970s to where the terminal is today.
I just came across this YouTube channel of a young man who purchased the former Pomathorn stationmasters house near Penicuik at an auction and is documenting his journey in renovating it into his first home.
As it's somewhat railway related, I thought some folk here might be interested in his...
I just posted a link for the Challenge Anneka episode when she was challenged to restore and reopen Northiam station here:
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/challenge-anneka-kent-railway-restoration.303397/
I was curious if there any folk here on the forum that were involved in the...
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