Alastair Dalton
Correspondent and Columnist at The Scotsman
Transport Correspondent & columnist, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday. [email protected]
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scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton
Renfrew Bridge will link town with ClydebankThe first opening road bridge across the River Clyde will open on Friday, May 9, Renfrewshire Council confirmed to The Scotsman on Wednesday. Renfrew Bridge will connect the town with Clydebank, just downstream from a centuries-old passenger ferry, whose operators have pledged will continue. The bridge was originally scheduled to have opened last autumn.
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scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton
Public poll launched to choose favourite imageA shortlist of the 20 best-loved railway artworks in Britain have been unveiled as part of bicentenary celebrations for the modern railway - with a quarter of them having Scottish links. Terence Cuneo’s classic painting Blue Train at Bowling Harbour is among those chosen from a long list of 200, with others including famous cross-Border trains and locomotives The Coronation Scot and Mallard.
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scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton
Pledge made at “crisis” meeting staged by businesses near LochboisdaleIslanders in South Uist have welcomed a pledge from CalMac to “urgently review” ferry links to the island to improve the significantly depleted service caused by faults and fleet overhauls. The move from the Scottish Government operator came at a “crisis” meeting at Daliburgh near Lochboisdale on Tuesday organised by South Uist Business Impact Group (Subig) after suffering lengthy disruption to sailings in the mainland.
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msn.com | Alastair Dalton
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scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton
Here are some tips to cut the cost of train travel in Scotland after the latest 3.8 per cent fare increaseOf all the bees in their bonnet that people have about transport, rail fares are right up there - and the most frequently mentioned gripe when I ask what they most dislike about travelling. I’ve been writing about this complex subject for years, but keep coming across new anomalies that enable passengers to save money - if you’re in the know.
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