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Article: Edinburgh Park rail shuttle link to Glasgow is derailed
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- March 28, 2006
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A CAMPAIGN to ensure the Edinburgh-to-Glasgow shuttle train
service stops at the Capital's biggest business park has hit the
buffers.
Commuters working at Edinburgh Park must continue travelling via
the city centre for the foreseeable future after attempts to lobby
rail chiefs and the Scottish Executive were rejected.
Anyone living in Glasgow and working at the business park, where
around 7000 people are currently employed, faces travelling to
Haymarket station and changing trains there.
The Edinburgh Park station, which cost GBP 4.5 million to create,
opened in December 2003 and attracts up to 2000 commuters a day. The
city council has campaigned for the Edinburgh-to-Glasgow shuttle ...