Campaign for North East Rail study gets the green light
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Plans to reinstate rail links in the north-east area have made significant progress after a successful funding award.
As reported on Grampian Online four weeks ago the Campaign for North East Rail is set to receive a grant from the Scottish Government's Just Transition Fund.
The group is aiming to demonstrate the demand for new railways in the region and the proposals will add Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Banchory to the rail network, and link with an integrated bus service to Braemar.
It is envisioned the Peterhead line would have stops at Cruden Bay, Hatton, Ellon, Pitmedden, Newmachar and onto Dyce. The Fraserburgh link would stop at Strichen, Maud and connect at Ellon.
The funding will be used to go towards a new feasibility study examining the proposed rail links.
A CNER spokesman at the time explained that CNER has been awarded funding towards a new feasibility study from the Just Transition Fund and were seeking between £80,000 and £250,000 to fully fund a new feasibility study to examine the proposed rail links.
They were informed that this application was successful and funding would be granted and it was confirmed on Saturday morning at the SNP conference in Aberdeen where MSP Karen Adam opened the conference on the subject of reinstating rail links that £165,000 had been allocated to the project.
