2018
It will be 50 years ago on 4th January …
27, 12 18 13:31
… that the last train arrived at St Andrews railway station.
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Citizen 'Rising figures seen as boost for rail campaign'
21, 12 18 13:19
The St Andrews Citizen and Fife Herald covered the 10% leap in Leuchars passenger figures. Read More...
10% increase in Leuchars passengers
12, 12 18 12:45
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
06, 12 18 00:08
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
24, 11 18 17:58
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
26, 10 18 00:27
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
25, 10 18 00:00
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
22, 10 18 23:40
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'
14, 08 18 21:42
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
11, 08 18 20:13
Scotsman coverage of funding announcement
10, 08 18 08:50
St Andrews rail campaign obtains grant for appraisal.
09, 08 18 19:33
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
04, 06 18 01:28
Business case for railway
01, 06 18 01:14
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
10, 05 18 23:02
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
07, 05 18 22:24
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!
20, 04 18 10:12
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
10, 04 18 00:09
Report of AGM in Citizen
06, 04 18 00:03
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...
St Andrews included in consultant's list
03, 02 18 16:16
Allan Rail consultancy has included St Andrews amongst 5 lines it proposes for re-opening. Read More...
Forthcoming attraction - Wine tasting
27, 01 18 21:53
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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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
11, 01 18 09:19
The University of St Andrews student publication The Saint includes an interview with StARLink’s convenor and secretary in its latest issue. Read More...