Events

A campaign to persuade the Scottish Government to look again at plans to reinstate rail services from Dyce to Ellon and on to Peterhead and Fraserburgh is building up a head of steam. (So to speak!). Now the latter are the two largest towns in Scotland with a railway station.

Campaign for North-east Rail (CNER) has arisen out of the frustration of two engineers and a train driver at the slow progress in developing what they believe is a vital and integrated transport network for the area.

Find out how the group believes 10 of Aberdeenshire’s largest towns can be transformed by reconnecting them to fast, reliable public transport providing an utterly transformative system that will result in a massive modal shift for thousands of people in North-east Scotland. And this would offer significant freight opportunities too. Moving produce from the region and potentially transporting carbon to the CCUS site at St Fergus.

And hear from Alex Hynes, managing director of Scotland’s Railway who has the exciting and challenging brief to leading the delivery of the best railway Scotland has ever had. Alex will provide an update on planned investment and enhancements to reduce journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt and how this will be impacted by the proposed electrification of the route by 2030.

The discussion will focus on how all this could be paid for and the return on investment that would be delivered.

FREE coach transport from and to the city centre and Chamber office to BrewDog.  If you’d like to enjoy a couple of beers, please email events@agcc.co.uk to book your place on the coach.

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To book your place visit https://www.agcc.co.uk/event-details/creating-rail-connectivity-track-tion-in-the-north-east-for-a-lower-carbon-future-2022-06-30