Edinburgh Airport Rail Link

Edinburgh Airport Rail Link
The Fife Circle Line passing the end of Edinburgh Airport runway
Overview
Status	Proposal cancelled
Locale	Edinburgh Airport, Scotland
Termini	Edinburgh Waverley Glasgow Queen Street; Fife
Service
Type	Urban rail / Airport rail link proposal
System	ScotRail/National Rail
Technical
Line length	14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
Character	Underground spurs linking existing railway lines
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Legend Glasgow–Edinburgh line Winchburgh Junction Winchburgh Tunnel Fife Circle & Edinburgh– Aberdeen lines Forth Bridge Dalmeny Kirkliston Jn | Dalmeny Jn Airport North Junction Airport Central Junction Tunnel under runway Edinburgh Airport North Clyde Line Ingliston Junction Gogar Junction Roddinglaw Junction South Gyle Edinburgh Park Haymarket West Junction Haymarket Edinburgh Waverley East Coast Main Line This diagram: view talk edit

55°56′53″N 3°21′11″W / 55.948°N 3.353°W / 55.948; -3.353 The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) was a proposed rail link to Edinburgh Airport, Scotland. The project was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2007,^[1] but following a change of government, was cancelled in September 2007 on the grounds of cost.^[2]

The link was planned to open in 2011 and would have included an underground airport station located beneath the terminal building. A tunnel was to have been constructed to take trains underneath the main runway.^[3] The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link would have allowed direct rail travel to and from the airport from Scotland's main towns and cities. New rolling stock was to be ordered for the service to compensate for any extra journey time created by the additional stop.^[4]