The Fife Circle Line passing the end of Edinburgh Airport runway
Overview
Status
Proposal cancelled
Locale
Edinburgh Airport, Scotland
Termini
Edinburgh Waverley
Glasgow Queen Street; Fife
Service
Type
Urban rail / Airport rail link proposal
System
ScotRail/National Rail
Technical
Line length
14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
Character
Underground spurs linking existing railway lines
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
Glasgow–Edinburgh line
Winchburgh Junction
Winchburgh Tunnel
Fife
Circle
&
Edinburgh–
Aberdeen
lines
Forth Bridge
Dalmeny
Kirkliston Jn | Dalmeny Jn
Airport North Junction
Airport Central Junction
Tunnel under runway
Edinburgh Airport
North Clyde Line
Ingliston Junction
Gogar Junction
Roddinglaw Junction
South Gyle
Edinburgh Park
Haymarket West Junction
Haymarket
Edinburgh Waverley
East Coast Main Line
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55°56′53″N3°21′11″W / 55.948°N 3.353°W / 55.948; -3.353
The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) was a proposed rail link to Edinburgh Airport, Scotland. The project was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2007,[1] but following a change of government, was cancelled in September 2007 on the grounds of cost.[2]
The link was planned to open in 2011 and would have included an underground airport station located beneath the terminal building. A tunnel was to have been constructed to take trains underneath the main runway.[3] The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link would have allowed direct rail travel to and from the airport from Scotland's main towns and cities. New rolling stock was to be ordered for the service to compensate for any extra journey time created by the additional stop.[4]
^"MSPs back new airport rail link". BBC News. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^"Edinburgh air rail link dropped". BBC News. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^"The Plans for the Airport Rail Link". EARL. 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^Rose, Gareth (13 February 2007). "Airport rail link a step closer as MSPs back funding pledge". Edinburgh: The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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