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More Scottish timber by rail next year.

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Old 15th October 2021, 11:45
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More Scottish timber by rail next year.

After successful trials last year involving moving timber trains in Scotland for the first time in over a decade, a new scheme is at the planning stage for similar operations next year. The new proposals will also see raw timber traffic moved from plantations in Caithness (the far north of mainland Scotland) to processing facilities near Inverness and possibly elsewhere in the UK. It has already been claimed that the three weekly trains will eliminate 400 heavy truck movements every week.

Edinburgh-registered Caledonian Land and Forest Investments, a holding company with a German board of directors, is said to be behind the timber by rail scheme. Local media reports state that the company intends to establish a rail loading facility at the remote Highland community of Altnabreac. The project is backed by the statutory regional transport partnership Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HiTrans) and Scottish Woodlands, a significant forestry management company headquartered in Edinburgh.


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