First trains running on Cairngorm funicular since 2018

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First trains on UK's highest railway in four years

Trains are running on the Cairngorm funicular for the first time since late 2018, but under test conditionsOwner Highlands and Islands Enterprise said work to reinstate the railway was in its final stages2 hours ago

Trains are running again on the Cairngorms mountain railway for the first time in four years - though under test conditions for now. The UK's highest railway has been closed to visitors since September 2018 due to structural problems. Highlands and Islands Enterprise , which owns the funicular and the snowsports centre it serves, said work to reinstate the railway had reached the final stages.But it added that project costs had risen from about £16m to £25m due to the impacts of Covid, Brexit and blizzards in spring hampering repairs.

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