MSPs reject U-turn bid on airport rail link

Published on Friday 4 December 2009 22:10

A BID to press the Scottish Government to reinstate an axed airport rail link has been rejected by MSPs, a Holyrood committee report confirmed yesterday.

The Glasgow Airport rail link was the most high-profile victim of finance secretary John Swinney's Budget earlier this year. A report into the 2010-11 budget process by Holyrood's finance committee published yesterday shows that Labour MSPs had wanted its conclusions to include a call for Mr Swinney to reinstate the project.

However, this was voted down by SNP and Tories this week.

Labour's David Whitton said: "The SNP and the Tories seem determined to leave Scotland's transport network stuck in the last century. Labour will continue to fight for the rail link to be reinstated and, even at this late stage, it is not too late for John Swinney to change his mind."

The government said that scrapping the project would save 170 million.