An interesting idea from the Green party – pop-up railway stations at places such as Newtonhill to test whether there really is a demand for a new station.
I’m not sure how easy that would be though as presumably it would have to tick all the safety and engineering boxes just like a permanent station.
Apparently Network Rail built a £300,000 temporary station in six days in Workington after the Cumbria floods in 2009 split the town in two. It was constructed using scaffolding and planks, with a portable waiting room and gravel car park.
I have written to Nestrans, the North East transport partnership, asking to consider the suggestion.
The report in the Scotsman says that the Transport Scotland has not proposed any new railway projects since 2007. All the projects since then – the Borders railway, Kintore station etc – were as a result of the preceding Liberal Democrat / Labour Scottish government.
It will be interesting to see what the Scottish Government decides to do.
The Scotsman was first with the story:
And tonight (12 February) the Evening Express gave it a good spread, including a photograph of a train in Newtonhill Station: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/temporary-train-stations-could-benefit-communities/?utm_source=facebook
Not a dull moment in your life ??? Now road to rail what next.