Edinburgh South must not miss out on High Speed Rail

5.10.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 26th Aug 2009

Welcoming the publication of Network Rail's Strategic Business Case for a new high speed line linking Edinburgh to London Fred Mackintosh said, "At last some action from Network Rail on this important issue. High Speed rail from Edinburgh to London is essential if we are to meet targets for CO2 emissions."

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Network Rail has proposed a £34bn high-speed line linking Edinburgh to London via Birmingham in 2030 in just two hours and nine minutes. Substantially faster than the four hours and nineteen minutes which is the fastest journey available tomorrow.

Fred Mackintosh continued, "As an opponent of the third runway at Heathrow and continued expansion of domestic air travel this proposal can't be delivered soon enough for me. It is time for the Scottish and UK Government to make clear and unequivocal commitments to the whole project. It won't be good enough to have a line that peters out in England as the Conservatives propose."

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