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Infrastructure

Transport Network
By Air
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick & Aberdeen airports offer scheduled flights to most European destinations, avoiding congested hub airports. All have fast, modern customs & baggage facilities. Glasgow alone handles more than 6.7 million passengers per year. Midweek there are almost 100 flights per day from Scottish airports to London.

Glasgow offers direct transatlantic flights to North America, including New York, Chicago & Toronto.

The Alba Centre is conveniently located near the M8 motorway, which runs between the two airports.

By Rail
Scotland's outstanding rail infrastructure provides fast and reliable passenger and freight services to other United Kingdom & European centres.

The national Eurocentral Rail Freight Terminal, located between Glasgow & Edinburgh, provides a strategic rail link to Europe through the Channel Tunnel. Currently, three trains operate in each direction each day, and the terminal is designed to handle around 400,000 tonnes of freight each year.

The Alba Centre is served by regular train services from both Edinburgh and Glasgow.

By Road
Scotland offers a modern and comprehensive road network, with considerably lower traffic densities than most areas in the United Kingdom. Many of the international companies based in Scotland consider this to be one of its key attractions.

Scotland has a compact and sophisticated road network that supports Just-in-Time delivery. Scotland enjoys an excellent selection of transport providers, both large international organisations and smaller high quality local companies.

Telecommunications
Within Scotland, the telecommunications infrastructure is among the most advanced in Europe. All local exchanges are fully digital which means that any new company locating in Scotland will have access to a range of services delivered over ISDN and ATM platforms, such as Inbound Telemarketing Calls. Scotland offers business critical access to high bandwidth fibre optic routes.

The Internet Protocol infrastructure within Scotland has recently expanded dramatically, with the completion of the BT "Colossus" network. This new infrastructure includes the launch of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) based services, which will pave the way for broadband applications such as video on demand and high speed Internet access.

Added to the infrastructure and high bandwidth fixed line Internet access is the imminent launch of a new Mobile Data service operating on GPRS based technology. Scotland will be one of the first countries in Europe to benefit from this latest technology, providing a platform for a major increase in Internet penetration, resulting in the stimulation required for huge growth in e-Commerce.

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The Alba Centre Alba Campus, Livingston, EH54 7EG, West Lothian, Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1506 407 000 Fax: +44 (0)1506 407 001 E-mail: enquiries@albacentre.co.uk