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Chamber and committees

Levenmouth Rail Link

  • Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2017
  • Motion reference: S5M-05941
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 27 September 2017

That the Parliament notes what it sees as the strong support that the Levenmouth Rail Campaign has achieved; believes that this has been demonstrated by it organising a petition that has been signed by over 12,500 residents from the area, which calls for the re-opening of the rail link from Thornton to Leven; welcomes the Fife Council report, Levenmouth Sustainable Transport Study – Final Stag Report, which was published in January 2017; understands that this study included a strongly positive cost-benefit analysis for the link and suggested that its reopening would lead to major economic benefits; believes that, although the Levenmouth area faces high levels of economic deprivation and problems with connectivity, it has substantial opportunities for employment and economic development; considers that this project could help deliver this; understands that passenger numbers on other reopened services, including the Borders Railway and the Airdrie-Bathgate line have exceeded predictions, and notes the view that a strong case has been made for ministers to give serious consideration to the re-opening of the Levenmouth line for passenger and freight services.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Tom Arthur, Claire Baker, Murdo Fraser, Liam Kerr, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ben Macpherson, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Ivan McKee, Ash Regan, Gail Ross, Alex Rowley, Mark Ruskell, Stewart Stevenson (Registered interest) , Alexander Stewart, David Torrance