Edinburgh Airport Rail Link

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, but following a change of government, was cancelled in September 2007 on the grounds of cost.

Edinburgh Airport Rail Link
The Fife Circle Line passing the end of Edinburgh Airport runway
Overview
StatusProposal cancelled
LocaleEdinburgh Airport, Scotland
Termini
Service
TypeUrban rail / Airport rail link proposal
SystemScotRail/National Rail
Technical
Line length14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
CharacterUnderground spurs linking existing railway lines
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
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

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. 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.

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