Aberdeen-Inverness Rail Line Gets £170M Improvement Package

A key rail route in in the north of Scotland is in line for a £170 million improvement package, which will cut journey times for travellers.

The Scottish Government is funding the upgrading work on the Aberdeen to Inverness line.

As well as speeding up the travel time between the cities, trains will run more frequently and a new station will be build at Forres.

Signalling systems will be enhanced and the platforms, Insch and Elgin stations will be extended to cope with longer trains, while Dalcross and Kintore will benefit from initial infrastructure work that will allow new stations to be built there at a later date.

BAM, the company which recently completed the new Borders rail line, has been made the principal contractor for the project.

Here's Infrastructure Secretary Keith Brown: