Question reference: S6W-08117
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 21 April 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 May 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02823 by Kate Forbes on 24 September 2021, what the deliverables are of the rail improvement project that will be completed by the end of 2026.
Answer
The deliverables of the rail improvement project expected to be completed by the end of 2026 will be a capability which will facilitate, subject to changing travel behaviours, timetable and stopping pattern choices, the following options:
? an average journey time of 1 hour 10 minutes or less for inter-city services between Aberdeen and Dundee;
? an average journey time of 2 hours 30 minutes or less for inter-city services between Aberdeen and Glasgow;
? half-hourly services from local stations into Aberdeen and Dundee during peak times;
? an hourly stopping service between Aberdeen and Dundee; and
? new freight paths.