Multi-Billion Pound Investment Boost Will Improve Scotland – England Links

EDINBURGH, April 17 (RIA Novosti), Mark Hirst – The UK Government has confirmed a new £2.7 billion contract to build 500 new railway carriages that will travel on the main intercity route between Edinburgh and London, linking Scotland and England.

The state-of-the-art trains will be manufactured at Hitcahi’s purpose-built factor in County Durham.

The UK Government has confirmed to RIA Novosti that the investment will proceed regardless of the outcome of September’s independence referendum.

UK Minister David Mundell welcomed the announcement saying the decision would boost jobs and the economy.

“UK wide multibillion pound infrastructure projects like this bring great benefits to businesses, hardworking Scots and families in Scotland,” Mr Mundell said.

“In the years to come we can look forward to improved services on the East Coast Main Line which will boost our economy, create more jobs and make it even easier for more tourists to visit Scotland,” Mr Mundell added.

The new trains are expected to start running on the East Coast Main Line from 2018 and will have greater capacity that the existing rail carriage network.

Source: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140417/189247261/Multi-Billion-Pound-Investment-Boost-Will-Improve-Scotland-.html

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If the jocks vote for independence, should they be thinking more about cancelling rail services and instead investing in rebuilding the wall?

Journey times will still be the same after security, immigration, customs and passport control.

Maybe if they could get around to electrifying the track from Edinburgh up to Aberdeen, they could upgrade those from the 40 year old diesel Intercity 125s.

Typical London thinking - everyone only wants to go to London.

The latest example of that is the HS2 won't link up to HS1 - obviously people from the North of England only want a train service to London, why would they want to be able to go to Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt without having to take their luggage out of one train - go a mile up the road to St. Pancras by taxi (or underground - always fun with luggage), and take another train from there...?

...are they bribing the Scots to stay with the Kingdom??

To be built in Durham. That is England is it not!