It will be 50 years ago on 4th January …

… that the last train arrived at St Andrews railway station.
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Citizen 'Rising figures seen as boost for rail campaign'

The St Andrews Citizen and Fife Herald covered the 10% leap in Leuchars passenger figures. Read More...

'Calls for St Andrews railway station gain strength from figures' says Courier

The Courier covered the story of the increased Leuchars figures. Read More...

10% increase in Leuchars passengers

Figures issued by the Office of Road & Rail earlier this month showed that there was an increase of over 10% in the number of passengers using Leuchars railway station in 2017-18. Read More...

StARLink features in Railway magazine

This month’s Railway magazine includes a piece about the potential Fife re-openings at Levenmouth, Alloa-Kincardine-Dunfermline and St Andrews. Read More...

50 years on - The Saint calls for return of railway

In an article speculating how St Andrews might change over the next 50 years, The Saint calls for the railway to be restored. Read More...

Falkirk man claims railway not needed

A third Herald correspondent, this time from Falkirk, claims that a St Andrews railway is not needed, and would cost more than other, longer rail enhancements. Read More...

'I don't want a railway' says St Andrews man

In The Herald it was the turn of a St Andrews man to claim that a railway would do no good. Read More...

Invernessian objects to St Andrews railway

A letter in The Herald from an Inverness man queries the £40K grant for the St Andrews study and opines that the money would be better spent improving main lines, ‘including routes connecting Inverness with Aberdeen and Perth.’ Read More...

Letter in Courier asks for 'clear policy to reconnect'

The lead letter in today’s Courier fears that the grants from the Local Rail Development Fund are mere tokenism. Read More...

Evening Telegraph report

The Evening Telegraph reported on the Tayside rail campaign grants. Read More...

Courier coverage

The Courier also covered the announcement. Read More...

Scotsman coverage of funding announcement

The Scotsman covered the ministerial announcement. Read More...

St Andrews rail campaign obtains grant for appraisal.

The Transport Minister Michael Matheson today announced, in St Andrews, that the StARLink campaign had successfully applied for a grant for the first stages of the STAG evaluation. Read More...

Courier covers Playfair report

The Courier gave further coverage to the Playfair report. Read More...

Business case for railway

The St Andrews Citizen reported on the publication of the Playfair Consultancy’s report making the business case for the railway, which found that most of the population and local businesses supported its reinstatement. Read More...

Funding applications for new rail projects - Courier

Green MSP Mark Ruskell describes the prospects of appraisal funding for Fife rail projects, including St Andrews, as potentially ’transformational’. Read More...

'Nothing short of a scandal' says Courier

An article in the Courier featuring the Tay Cities Deal claims that ‘it is nothing short of a scandal that Levenmouth and St Andrews do not have rail links.’ Read More...

Hat-trick!

A call for any plans for pedestrianisation and a multi-storey car-park to wait until the railway is restored was featured in The Courier, Fife Herald and St Andrews Citizen, being the lead front-page story in the last-mentioned. Read More...

AGM photo in Courier

A photograph taken at the AGM appeared in the Courier. Read More...

Report of AGM in Citizen

The St Andrews Citizen included the report of the year’s activities given at the StARLink Annual General Meeting held on 31st March. Read More...

Cheers!

The Orient Express wine tasting last month was a great success. Read More...

St Andrews included in consultant's list

Allan Rail consultancy has included St Andrews amongst 5 lines it proposes for re-opening. Read More...

Forthcoming attraction - Wine tasting

What: Wine tasting on the theme of the Orient Express to raise funds for next part of feasibility study
Where: Macdonald Rusacks Hotel, Pilmour Links, St Andrews
When: Friday 23rd February, 19:30
Cost: £15
Tickets: starlink@starlink-campaign.org.uk or call at Westwood Newsagent, 213 South Street, St Andrews
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Student paper features rail campaign

The University of St Andrews student publication The Saint includes an interview with StARLink’s convenor and secretary in its latest issue. Read More...