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Sarah Challen Flynn

Active travel plans for capital rail line backed by minister

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 25: Ben Macpherson, newly-appointed Minister for Higher and Further Education, leads the Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament on the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill, on

An SNP minister has said a disused rail line in Edinburgh must be ­converted into a public pathway “sooner rather than later”.

In response to a renewed campaign to transform a disused train track in North Edinburgh into an active ­travel route, Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith MSP Ben Macpherson has ­given it his backing.

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