The Campaign for North East Rail (CNER) and the Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce are seeking to create a new rail link connecting Aberdeen to Fraserburgh via Peterhead.
We co-hosted a roundtable at BrewDog with CNER to discuss the Buchan Rail campaign. The roundtable was well attended representatives from the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, Nestrans, Transport Scotland, SSE Thermal, Lunar Freezing, Apollo Engineering and Scotland’s Railway.
A new rail link connecting Aberdeen to Fraserburgh via Peterhead would deliver a north-east economic boom and could be a factor in reducing fatal accidents on two of Scotland’s deadliest roads, a key study has found.
The Buchan Sustainable Transport Study - commissioned by the Campaign for North East Rail and Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce - sets out options for a new rail line which would help address economic inequality across the region.
The preferred option consists of a new passenger and freight rail line created between Dyce and Fraserburgh via Peterhead, including a mix of reinstated track and new alignment.