Leven Rail Campaign Taking Steps Forward

Campaigners have walked the line to prove that train services to Leven should be reopened.

The Levenmouth Rail Campaign were joined by MSP David Torrance and representatives from Network Rail in filming their journey across the proposed route.

Levenmouth is the most populated urban area in Scotland not currently served by a rail link. One in five children in the Kingdom live in poverty, with the Wemyss villages, Kennoway, Buckhaven, and Leven among the 20percent most deprived in Scotland, according to the most recent figures. 

It would cost at least £76million to reopen the mostly intact Thornton to Leven line, according to a previous Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) report completed in 2008 - a new STAG report is currently underway.

Ken Haig is from the campaign group and says young people would benefit from better transport links:

 

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