Plans are underway to run a new rail service between Edinburgh and Glasgow from 2014. Clydesdale needs better links to the East to support employment and tourism opportunities but to date the Scottish Government will not commit to these services stopping at Carluke and Carstairs.

We call on the Scottish Government to ensure that the proposed 2014 Glasgow-Edinburgh rail service stops at Carluke and Carstairs stations to support economic development and tourism in the Clydesdale constituency.