A big thanks for your support
Dec 2025
We ask for one last big push by you all to get a new Newburgh station over the line
Mark Ruskell, Scottish Greens
Murdo Fraser, Con
Willie Rennie, Lib Dems
Wendy Chamberlain, MP
Claire Baker, Lab
Stefan Hoggan, SNP
We are in the latter stages of this parliament. Voters will be deciding on the next Government in May next year.​​
​And with a new government comes new focus. If Newburgh is still without news of a new station into the new parliament the project will quite likely drop away. Today, Newburgh's asks our democratic representatives to make one last collective effort to lobby the government on our behalf.
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The campaign remains grateful for their input and impact so far. We ask for one last push to get Newburgh the station it needs and deserves.
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Happy Xmas!
Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Minister of Transport
'The Minister wants wants to see for herself the case for a station
​This month, MSPS wrote to the the Minister asking that she visit the town to gauge the benefits of reopening a train station before considering the transport report.
'The Minister wants wants to see for herself the case for a station
Claire Baker (Lab), one of the MSP inviting Fiona Hyslop to Newburgh reminded the Minster that the arguments made by the successful campaign for Levenmouth was the economic boost that it would bring to the local area. 'A similar case can be made for Newburgh. How is the Scottish Government evaluating the benefits that have been brought to Levenmouth and using that to inform the case for and its understanding of Newburgh?', she asked.​
The Minister responded that any lessons learned from elsewhere will inform decision making. 'However, that decision making must be based on what is put in front of officials and recommended to me, based on the merits of the case in and of itself'.​The Newburgh Train Station Campaign spokesmen welcomed the visit by the Minister and thanked the MSPs who penned the invitation. 'We are hugely grateful for the efforts local representatives are putting into getting our station reopened.
We believe there is a lot of potential to make Newburgh not only economically stronger but to become a net contributor to the Scottish economy'. ​​​​​