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Liberal Democrat Jane Ann Liston talks about extending railway to St Andrews

By Caron Lindsay | Fri 4th September 2015 - 8:36 pm

This weekend, the Borders railway gets back underway again. This is a real achievement of the Scottish Liberal Democrats in government in Scotland. The Bill was passed way back in 2006.

We’ll be writing about this more as the first journeys take place on Sunday, but BBC Scotland has done a feature about how the success of the Borders project has inspired other railways campaigners. They interviewed Jane Ann Liston, a regular commenter on this site. She plays a significant role in the StARlink campaign which wants to see the five miles of track from Leuchars to St Andrews reinstated. See what she had to say here.

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Posted in News | Also tagged jane ann liston, rail and transport | 7 Comments

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