Rail improvements accelerated
Work to implement the package of major Glasgow-Edinburgh rail improvements is to be accelerated.
Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, told Glasgow’s 11th annual State of the City Economy conference that new design contracts would be signed in December. These would facilitate faster delivery of the improvements announced in 2007. Read more…
It is planned that investment in Glasgow-Edinburgh rail routes and services will see up to six trains an hour on the principal route via Falkirk, with express services travelling from city centre to city centre in around 35 minutes. Including investment in other central Scotland routes this could mean as many as thirteen services between the cities every hour.
Restoration of the rail service from Glasgow-Edinburgh via Bathgate and Airdrie is expected to be complete in 2010, with improvements to other routes also in development.
