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SPT has unveiled proposals for a phased development of the Glasgow Crossrail Project ahead of a parliamentary debate on the plans.
The project, which has been dubbed the crucial missing link in Scotland's rail network, would be delivered in three stages.
The first stage could be completed in time for the Commonwealth Games in 2014, if an early go-ahead is given.
The plans have received cross-party endorsement from MSPs, who are due to put the case for Crossrail to Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson on Thursday in a special member's debate.
Crossrail's supporters want to see the project approved as a priority and included in the Scottish Government's Strategic Transport Projects Review.
That one must have passed me by at the time. I'm surprised Neilston wasn't culled with Uplawmoor but good thing it wasn't as it would have left the village very isolated in public transport terms (I don't think I've ever seen a bus in Glasgow with Neilston on its destination board). Is the current Neilston station not Neilston High with Neilston Low being on the Kilmarnock line (Neilston with two stations eh!)? Patterton has always seemed a bizarre location for a station to me as it's so isolated; I'd imagine plenty of commuters from the Mearns use it as a park and ride but who's going to get on / off there at night or on a Sunday? I hadn't heard of the Williamwood Curve - back to Google Earth to see if I can spot anything.james73 wrote:.
Heard about the closure of the Neilston line before. The idea was to trim
the line back to Whitecraigs (not Williamwood), recover the OHLE and
us it to electrify the East Kilbride branch, by this time re-connected to the
Williamwood to Muirend line via the restored Williamwood Curve. Whether
or not the residents of Neilston would've been compensated by the re-opening
of the former Neilston station (Neilston High?) on the GSW line I dont
know. Thornliebank, Giffnock and Patterton would've lost their stations.
James H
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