THE Scottish and UK governments are to work together to extend a high speed rail network north of the Border following a "constructive" meeting of ministers in Edinburgh.
An agreement announced last night will see Transport Scotland work with the Department for Transport's delivery company, High Speed 2, to look at route options and ways of financing the multibillion-pound infrastructure project.
It will see a final timescale for delivery agreed by the end of the current term of the Scottish Parliament.
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