Scots pledge funding towards London-Scotland line

The Scottish Government has proposed paying £8bn-£9bn of the £15bn cost of extending a London-Manchester high-speed line to Central Scotland.

The provisional figures are included in the Scottish Government’s Infrastructure Investment Plan 2011 published last week.

The case for building a high-speed rail line all the way from London to Scotland was outlined in a report released this week by the Scottish Partnership Group for High Speed Rail. It brings together bodies...

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