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55°56′53″N 3°21′11″W / 55.948°N 3.353°W 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.[2]
The link was planned to open in 2011 and would have included an underground airport station located beneath the terminal building. A tunnel was to have been constructed to take trains underneath the main runway.[3] The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link would have allowed direct rail travel to and from the airport from Scotland's main towns and cities. New rolling stock was to be ordered for the service to compensate for any extra journey time created by the additional stop.[4]
Background
Although Edinburgh Airport has no long-distance railway station and is only served by
The project was proposed by the
The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Bill was passed in March 2007 by a vote in the
Proposed services
Though the exact timetable had not been finalised, the following service pattern was expected to have been implemented:
- Edinburgh-Glasgow - 2 trains per hour
- Edinburgh-Dunblane - 2 trains per hour
- Fife Circle - 2 trains per hour
- Edinburgh-Aberdeen - 1 train per hour
- Edinburgh-Perth & Inverness - 1 train per hour
Cancellation
Following the
Following a vote in the Scottish Parliament on 27 June 2007, the
To address the loss of direct mainline rail links from around Scotland to Edinburgh Airport, the Scottish Government instead proposed a cheaper alternative in the form of a new
See also
References
- ^ a b c "MSPs back new airport rail link". BBC News. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Edinburgh air rail link dropped". BBC News. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ a b "The Plans for the Airport Rail Link". EARL. 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ Rose, Gareth (13 February 2007). "Airport rail link a step closer as MSPs back funding pledge". Edinburgh: The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "EARL Bill Awarded Royal Assent". EARL News. 19 April 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
- ^ "It's £30m down the drain". Edinburgh: Edinburgh Air. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Climbdown after transport defeat". BBC News. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
- ^ "Edinburgh's trams roll into action". BBC News. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ Stevenson, Stewart (27 September 2007). "Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (speech)". Scottish Government. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "33.03 Project definition – EGIP – Edinburgh Gateway (Gogar) Intermodal Transport Interchange" (PDF). Network Rail CP4 Delivery Plan 2010 Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs. Network Rail. December 2010. p. 212. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Edinburgh tramway opens". 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
External links
- "Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Project official website". Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "EARL Layout Map" (PDF). TIE. 1 November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- "Edinburgh Airport Extension". The Scotsman. 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2019.