The Cairngorm funicular had been closed since September 2018 due to structural problems.
The UK's highest railway is to reopen to the public on Thursday - four years after structural problems shut it down.The Scottish government provided £16m towards the £25m cost of fixing the railway, owned by public body Highlands and Islands Enterprise .
The complex civil engineering project involved thousands of lifts by helicopter to deliver 800 tonnes of concrete to the site. Bearings and other components were also replaced. Before it was closed, the funicular's operators estimated that it carried about 300,000 visitors each year.She said: "It employs local people and and if Cairngorm is busy then hotels, restaurants, transport and shops are busy.Image caption,
Dave Macleod, of HIE, said new investment had also been made in the Cairngorm Mountain resort, including improvements to its restaurant and car park. He said HIE was also working with other organisations on habitat restoration.
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