2019
Rail magazine features Fife re-openings
20, 11 19 23:29
A comprehensive feature on Fife re-openings in Rail magazine considers the prospects for the Levenmouth, Dunfermline-Alloa and St Andrews rail projects. Read More...
Front page of Citizen
15, 11 19 00:37
StARLink’s visit to the Scottish Parliament was splashed across the front page of the St Andrews Citizen. Read More...
StARLink goes to Holyrood - 2
13, 11 19 00:28
The Courier covered the meeting between cross-party MSPs and StARLink campaigners where the parliamentarians were updated on the progress of the STAG and the imminent publication of the Case for Change.
Mark Ruskell (Scottish Greens), Claire Baker (Labour) and Willie Rennie (Scottish Liberal Democrats) all voiced support for the project and looked forward to further developments. Read More...
Mark Ruskell (Scottish Greens), Claire Baker (Labour) and Willie Rennie (Scottish Liberal Democrats) all voiced support for the project and looked forward to further developments. Read More...
Citizen coverage of LRDF grant
30, 08 19 20:36
Trailed on the front page the St Andrews Citizen covers the LRDF grant - meanwhile in the letters column a reader suggests a tram. Read More...
Support from Herald journalist
28, 08 19 20:26
In an article in the Herald about improvements to the railway, Rosemary Goring describes proposals for a new St Andrews railway as ‘common sense.’ Read More...
Second grant for StARLink to complete appraisal
24, 08 19 20:12
As reported in The Courier, StARLink was successful in its application to the second round of the Local Rail Development Fund and was awarded £180K, which will enable it to complete the St Andrews Sustainable Transport Study according to STAG rules. Read More...
Naysayer fails to 'get it'
23, 08 19 19:58
A regular naysayer dismissed calls for a St Andrews railway, but events soon overtook his missive. Read More...
Citizen - could St Andrews be next?
16, 08 19 20:43
After the welcome news that the Levenmouth Railway is to be re-opened, the St Andrews Citizen/Fife Herald asked the question ‘Now - why not St Andrews?’ Read More...
Queues 'emphasise' need for rail link
26, 07 19 19:11
After roadworks at Guardbridge caused Stagecoach to cancel bus services, a St Andrews councillor claimed that the problems reinforce the case for a railway to St Andrews, as reported in the St Andrews Citizens/Fife Herald. Read More...
Railway would greatly mitigate effect of major road works
05, 07 19 14:58
A St Andrews councillor has pointed out that severe traffic disruption on the main road to St Andrews would have been considerably less had there been a rail link to the town. Read More...
Scottish Field report
01, 07 19 23:15
A hard-hitting article in this month’s Scottish Field describes the Scottish Government’s ‘failure’ to re-open the line to St Andrews as ‘baffling.’ Read More...
'Miles from anywhere without even a railway station'
07, 06 19 20:43
The University of St Andrews is now second only to Cambridge according to The Guardian University Guide 2020; however this acclaim did not come without a remark upon its lack of connectivity, being described as,
‘ … miles from anywhere without even a railway station …’ Read More...
‘ … miles from anywhere without even a railway station …’ Read More...
St Andrews Sustainable Transport study - Residents questionnaire
26, 04 19 12:32
The St Andrews Sustainable Transport study received coverage in both The Courier and the St Andrews Citizen/Fife Herald regarding the Residents Questionnaire component. Read More...
Citizen correspondence ping-pong
04, 04 19 20:40
The St Andrews Citizen letters column has been the site of a verbal jousting match about the railway, apparently involving 3 people but there were actually only two. Now read on … Read More...
'Railway could be part of solving car-parking problem'
08, 03 19 09:45
In an examination of possible solutions to the vexed question of car-parking in St Andrews, an article in the St Andrews Citizen & Fife Herald mentions a railway as a possible part of the solution. Read More...
LibDem support for Fife rail enhancements - EFM
06, 03 19 09:38
The Scottish Liberal Democrats decision to support new railways, including St Andrews and Levenmouth, was reported in the East Fife Mail. Read More...
Double double coverage
01, 03 19 21:32
Both the Fife Herald and St Andrews Citizen featured not one but two articles pertaining to a St Andrews railway - with photos. Read More...
Scottish LibDems back St Andrews railway
24, 02 19 14:01
The Scottish Liberal Democrats this weekend agreed to back the re-opening of railway lines and stations in Scotland, including St Andrews. Read More...
Citizen covers Campaign for Better Transport's endorsement of St Andrews campaign
08, 02 19 23:36
The St Andrews Citizen and Fife Herald reported on the Campaign for Better Transport’s support for building a new railway line to St Andrews. Read More...
Student paper reports on funding refusal
07, 02 19 22:51
The student newspaper The Saint reported the lamentable failure of the North East Fife Area Committee to approve a £7000 grant to StARLink, at the instigation of 2 St Andrews councillors. Read More...
National campaign endorses St Andrews Railway
05, 02 19 09:23
The Campaign for Better Transport has included a new line to St Andrews as one of only 3 Scottish projects, out of a total of 33, amongst its recommended rail expansion proposals. Read More...
Citizen coverage of NE Fife Committee vote
01, 02 19 23:08
The St Andrews Citizen reported on the failure of the funding application but contrary to its assertion there is no question of the study being postponed. Read More...
StARLink AGM
29, 01 19 19:50
The StARLink Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 23rd February in St Andrews. Read More...
Kingdom FM coverage of funding refusal
29, 01 19 11:04
Radio station Kingdom FM has covered the fall-out from last week’s refusal to grant StARLink the remaining £7K to enable the Scottish Government funded appraisal to be carried out. Read More...
Funding denied by Fife Council
26, 01 19 23:23
St Andrews councillors on the North East Fife Area Committee of Fife Council led the refusal of a request for £7,000 to ensure that the full £40,000 from the Scottish Government can be drawn down for the appraisal. Read More...
Citizen coverage of commemoration
11, 01 19 13:51
'St Andrews in Focus' looks at railway
11, 01 19 13:43
The bimonthly magazine St Andrews in Focus included an article about the former St Andrews railway line and looks forward to a new one. Read More...
Report in Courier of 50th anniversary
05, 01 19 23:14
The Courier reported yesterday’s commemoration, complete with photograph showing the campaigners at the old station site. Read More...
Press previews of 50th anniversary
04, 01 19 23:08
The Courier and the St Andrews Citizen both published a preview of the 50th anniversary celebrations. Read More...
Kingdom FM coverage of 50th anniversary
04, 01 19 15:11
Supporters for a new St Andrews Railway assembled this morning at the site of the old station, to mark the 50th anniversary of the last train’s arrival on 4th January 1969. Kingdom FM covered the occasion. Read More...