Scottish rail supply sector commits to apprentice target
Companies within the Scottish rail industry supply chain have committed to recruiting five per cent of their workforce as apprentices, providing the right government support…
Scotland’s Levenmouth project takes off
A new fly-through video shows Scotland’s short but significant Levenmouth rail project snaking its way towards completion. The lines are now being laid to see…
Freight figures but not top priority in Scottish transport plans
Scotland’s government, which has devolved repressibility for transport matters, has published its primary policy document, the second Strategic Transport Projects Review, confirming its key priorities…
Scottish rail needs to be decarbonised by 2035, also in remote areas
The Scottish government is following an aggressive policy of decarbonisation, and plans to make Scotland’s economy net-zero by 2045, five years ahead of the UK…
Rail freight at the heart of Forth Green Freeport bid in Scotland
An ambitious plan connecting several harbours in the River Forth, including the naval base at Rosyth, has been unveiled as the foundation of a ‘green’…
Joy over Scottish freight terminal watered down by criticism
There was much fanfare over the long-awaited and much-celebrated opening of the freight terminal at Highland Spring, the water bottling plant in rural Scotland. However,…
Yorkshire and Scotland linked by new intermodal service
Its official launch was delayed, but a new intermodal service linking Yorkshire and Scotland is successfully underway. The iPort terminal in Doncaster and Mossend International…
All Fall Down, it’s leaf busting time again
Autumn arrives a little earlier in Scotland than in other parts of the UK. That always makes it the first place to try out the…
Aberdeen rail freight could benefit from infrastructure works
It may be styled as Europe’s oil exploration capital and Scotland’s third city by population, but Aberdeen registers lowly on the scale of rail freight…