Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Semi-serious question: what's the transport infrastructure like there? Rail link?
The Royal Engineers built a small air strip on Unst, that's still used by Loganair, I think. There aren't any railways on the Shetlands,
AFAIK, just ferry links between the islands. There's an airport at Sumburgh, just about as far away from Unst as it's possible to get, at the Southern end of the mainland. Transport links to Lerwick were pretty good during the oil boom, so no real problem getting big and heavy stuff as far as there, although there may be challenges getting stuff from there up to the northern end of Unst.