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16-Dec-15, 22:10
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
Timber from the Flow Country - rail conference delegates hear of ambitious plans
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Ambitious plans to transport timber from the Flow Country in remote North Sutherland to Inverness via rail instead of road could pave the way for other projects in rural communities throughout the UK, delegates were told at a rail stakeholder conference organised by HITRANS, the regional transport partnership for the Highlands and Islands. HITRANS is co-ordinating investigations into the feasibility of the proposal, called Branchliner, which would see a major new facility created at Kinbrace to freight the timber to southern markets via an expanded siding at Inverness railway station. [Read Full Article (http://caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=6477)]
Timber from the Flow Country - rail conference delegates hear of ambitious plans
http://caithness-business.co.uk/image_cache/na6477_tn.jpg
Ambitious plans to transport timber from the Flow Country in remote North Sutherland to Inverness via rail instead of road could pave the way for other projects in rural communities throughout the UK, delegates were told at a rail stakeholder conference organised by HITRANS, the regional transport partnership for the Highlands and Islands. HITRANS is co-ordinating investigations into the feasibility of the proposal, called Branchliner, which would see a major new facility created at Kinbrace to freight the timber to southern markets via an expanded siding at Inverness railway station. [Read Full Article (http://caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=6477)]