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Aberdeen rapid transit scheme costs could hit £323m • June 11, 2025, 2:23 AM ET (BBC)

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Also Known As	heavy rail transit

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Norman Foster

British architect

Widener, Peter A.B.

Peter A.B. Widener

American businessman and philanthropist

Rufus Henry Gilbert

American surgeon and transit expert