Launch of Levenmouth's new £116m rail link
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00:00 Welcome to Waverley Station in Edinburgh where behind me you can see the final preparations
00:10 for the launch of the Leven Rail Link, a £116 million transport project, the single biggest
00:16 one of its kind in Scotland, goes live this morning for the first commuter trains on Sunday.
00:21 We're on the train later this morning for a very special journey.
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02:34 And we've arrived at Leven Station just over an hour from Edinburgh.
02:38 The train has just pulled in with all the dignitaries.
02:40 The First Minister's here, John Swinney, Fiona Hyslop, the Transport Secretary,
02:44 Gerry Golruth, MSP, Dave Torres, MSP, also the five councillors are here,
02:49 and the provost, Jim Nishman.
02:51 And we're about to go to the opening ceremony.
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03:16 ...and joy for the people of Levenmouth as we resolve a historic wrong,
03:21 and we reconnect this community to the rail network.
03:25 It's a day for celebration, it's a day of new opportunity,
03:29 it's a day of delivering for the people of this community.
03:32 And it's my enormous pleasure to now open the Levenmouth Rail Link
03:36 and to wish everybody good fortune as they use this magnificent piece of infrastructure
03:42 to connect to the communities of Scotland.
03:45 Thank you very much.
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