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November 11, 2004
Edinburgh Airport rail link
A proposed rail link from the capital to Edinburgh Airport is the subject of a new consultation. Estimated at 500 million pounds (compared to GBP 140 million for a similar link to Glasgow Airport) this project would involve constructing a tunnel to an underground station at the airport terminal.
The airport is also to be connected by tramlines. The Greens have suggested, perhaps not unreasonably, that the airport does not need both forms of transport, though the routes would (presumably) be different, and most airports in the world are served by more than one form of public transport.
If rail and tram are both environmentally clean, would this not be just a case of considering the likely costs alongside the numbers of travellers expected to use the airport?
thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1292712004
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3988805.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3968175.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at November 11, 2004 01:15 AM
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The world gets more congested....Both systems may not be required today or even tomorrow but certainly will be required within the next decade. Imagine Turnhouse having to handle a few of the new Airbus Jumbos on a dark and stormy night because they have been diverted from Manchester or London. Within the next 30 years JUMBOS will carry up to 1500 passengers and the cost of flying will tumble.....
Posted by: ALASTAIR JAMES BERRY at March 31, 2005 11:17 PM