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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Scotrail has announced that the opening of a new rail line in December linking Edinburgh and Glasgow. This will result in the creation of 130 new jobs. Over half the jobs will be based in Bathgate with the remainder recruited across the new route. The line was built with funding from the Scottish government to help to encourage more people to use public transport.
Sources
30 August 2010: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Scotrail, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 70893, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70893.