If train travel to you means paying exorbitant prices for the privilege of being jam-packed alongside commuters, then the idea of a rail holiday might sound like a nightmare. But Scotland might be the ...

The Scottish heritage railways rekindle the golden age of steam travel. 200,000 visitors a year ride on restored steam locomotives and preservation railways on Scottish heritage railways to rekindle ...

Scotland’s transport minister Derek Mackay has launched the government’s new rail freight strategy called Delivering the Goods. The strategy includes a vision to make the country’s rail freight sector ...

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The plan includes the creation of “adaptation pathways” for particularly vulnerable rail line. Credit: Network Rail Network Rail and ScotRail have unveiled a five-year climate action plan for the ...

Network Rail will invest more than £120m of Scottish Government funding in the next three years to boost the electricity power supply into Scotland’s railway network. The investment will see six new ...

The funicular near Aviemore has required lengthy repairs in recent years.