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The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) was a proposed rail link to Edinburgh Airport, Scotland The project was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2007, [ 1 ] but following a change of government, was cancelled in September 2007 on the grounds of cost.
Many long-distance trains from the south used to split into separate Edinburgh and Glasgow portions at Carstairs, and diesel locomotives continued to operate the Carstairs to Edinburgh part of the service. This procedure added significantly to journey times, typically adding at least 20 minutes to Edinburgh schedules.
The Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme or EGIP was an initiative funded by Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government to increase capacity on the main railway line between Edinburgh and Glasgow, with new, longer electric trains running by 2017 and scheduled for full completion in 2019. [1]
The Jet2 flight from Edinburgh to Rome is set to depart 15 hours late, while easyJetpassengers from the Scottish capital to Hurghada in Egypt were 10 hours behind schedule.
See main article, Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme At a conference in 2009, major upgrades were proposed for completion by 2016. [1] The first of these was the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link, completed in late 2010.
The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is the principal route out of the four rail links between Scotland's two biggest cities, hosting the flagship "ScotRail Express" service between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley .
Thirty-five airlines fly to 152 international destinations from Edinburgh Airport, with the airport handling 115,000 aircraft movements in 2023. [29] The countries second largest airport by passenger numbers is Glasgow Airport, which handles over 7 million passengers on an annual basis. A total of 20 airlines serve Glasgow Airport, flying to ...
Scottish Citylink operates an extensive network of long-distance express services within Scotland, operating 19 routes linking the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling and Inverness, as well as linking some rural Highland communities to the main urban areas of Scotland. [2]