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Status | proposed |
Owner | National Rail |
Locale | Dundee Scotland |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Dundee Crossrail is a proposed railway development in north-east Scotland, first proposed within the 2003 Scottish Strategic Rail Study. It is supported by Tactran, Tayside's statutory regional transport partnership.
The proposed service was for a half-hourly service from Arbroath to Perth and for a similar frequency for trains from Dundee to St. Andrews. [1]
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