Transport

POLICE have urged people to stick to the new Covid restrictions this Easter – after the lockdown was eased slightly as of today.

RAIL passengers in the Highlands face further disruption this Easter weekend, after the RMT confirmed it will push ahead with its latest strike.

RAIL passengers in the Highlands were facing a third day of disruption on Tuesday after sustained rainfall sparked further cancellations and delays.

Rail passengers in the Highlands have been warned to expect disruption today – after several trains were cancelled amid a yellow weather warning

Around two thirds of the 118-mile line is still single track and has not been electrified

The resurfacing works were meant to be carried out last year but hit by Covid delay

A total of 140 million rail journeys were made in Great Britain in October, November and December 2020.

The Scottish Green Party has struck a budget deal that will see free bus travel extended to all young people aged 21 and under.

The project will involve teams replacing the deck expansion joints which will help ensure the structure continues to operate safely for years to come.

Statutory orders for these four schemes, totalling more than 35 km, is well under way with publication expected over the coming months.

But move will go one-step further than Aviemore with expected village-wide reduction by early summer

New carriageway will be the most northerly section of the Scottish Government’s £3 billion programme

RAIL passengers on the Highland mainline are facing major weather-related disruption for a second day.

New southbound section at Luncarty to Pass of Birnam will be used by traffic but with restrictions in place

FLOOD alerts are in force in Speyside amid forecasts that milder air will trigger thaw over snow fields.

LAST night’s deep freeze saw the coldest February temperature recorded since 1955, even topping figures during the infamous snow of the winter of ‘63.

MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston says the lack of action risks investment, livelihoods and lives in the region

But Strathspey SNP MSP hits back accusing Scottish Conservatives of mischief-making

Motorists being urged to approach the new section of road with care

A939 Dava, A939 Bridge of Brown and B9007 Glenferness roads closed due to drifting snow