Today @scotgp have set out a proposal for the biggest rail investment programme Scotland has ever seen. Our fully-costed £22 billion plan would transform Scotland’s railway, building a modern, zero-carbon network that is affordable and accessible to all.

Rail for All is about making rail the natural choice for every journey. Whether you’re commuting, travelling for business or leisure.

The investment would also be a central component of Scotland’s green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, creating thousands of quality, unionised jobs whilst delivering the infrastructure so necessary to tackle the climate emergency.

Scotland’s rail network has suffered from long term systemic under investment, with governments of all stripes favouring roads. While some improvements have been made in recent years the network north of the central belt has been largely neglected.

The key principle of the Rail for All programme is to make the rail network accessible to everyone. Our aim is, as far as realistically possible, for every town with a population of over 5,000 to be connected to the network.

Perhaps the most eye catching part of our Rail for All plan is a proposed Firth of Forth tunnel, which would dramatically cut journey times between Fife and Edinburgh, opening up capacity on the whole network.

Read our Rail for All Briefing: https://greens.scot/sites/default/files/Rail%20for%20All-%20Report.pdf