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Kilchurn castle at the head of Loch Awe, which features, in all its grandeur, on the VisitScotland website, is now very difficult to get to on foot, because Network Rail has locked the access gates.
A radiology department might want to buy a machine that costs £1 million, but is unable to save money from the £500,000 it gets each year—it all has to be spent.
An existing road bridge would give access from one platform to the other. The project's website talks about passing loops, track bed strengthening and line curvature—Stow is on a curve.
If the minister checks the British embassy websites or British Council websites from throughout the world, he will see very little reference to Scotland.
It is clear that as the structure goes over the top of Network Rail's land, it could not be supported without substructure columns that would go between Network Rail's tracks or on top of platforms, for example.