30/05/2026
🚆 We need rail to Peterhead and Fraserburgh. We are the two largest towns in the whole of Scotland with no rail track.
🫱🏼🫲🏽 We need to work cross party to make this happen.
Aberdeen is Scotland's third largest city, Aberdeenshire has a population matching the city. Yet the only railway stations in Aberdeenshire are the towns that happen to be on the intercity lines, and the city itself has only a single station.
It's time to fix this.
🏗️ Extending the East Coast Main Line northwards to Fraserburgh and Peterhead will breathe new life into the region, and boost Scotland's economy by making the region more attractive to investors, and retaining the skilled offshore workforce in the North East.
🚉 New Stations on the existing lines at Cove and Newtonhill, and exploring stations to the north like Kittybrewster and Bankhead will allow locals to choose the train more often.
🚂 Completing upgrades to the intercity lines between Aberdeen and the Central Belt will boost the economy as a while by tying our cities closer together, making it easier for business, tourist, and leisure travellers to get around Scotland. As well as adding capacity for a significant increase in rail freight, taking that load off our roads.
