Toepoke Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Trams to run from the Airport to Paisley Gilmour Street, then using the existing train line to Glasgow Central... https://www.holyrood.com/articles/news/fast-tram-train-link-proposed-glasgow-airport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Something like this is much needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Would look good although for that kind of money you could run a free shuttle bus from the Airport to Gilmour St for the next 100 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 An SNP project that benefits Central Scotland. I'm shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Would look good although for that kind of money you could run a free shuttle bus from the Airport to Gilmour St for the next 100 years! Aye but you'd still be in Paisley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Would look good although for that kind of money you could run a free shuttle bus from the Airport to Gilmour St for the next 100 years! That's what I was thinking. Hard to believe that it is a cheaper option than extending the track, as was proposed last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 An SNP project that benefits Central Scotland. I'm shocked. Duelling of the A9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin4 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 An SNP project that benefits Central Scotland. I'm shocked. "The strategic business case for the tram-train and personal rapid transit schemes has been developed by Renfrewshire Council and Glasgow City Council. It will be put before councillors in both local authorities early next month before going to the Glasgow and Clyde Valley cabinet for approval." This has been a Public Service Announcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Hard to believe that it is a cheaper option than extending the track, as was proposed last time. It's actually more expensive than last time! There's an option to extend a normal railway that's 30% cheaper. The money's coming from the new City Deal funding, and Frank McAveety seems to have a thing for trams... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-34931594 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 An SNP project that benefits Central Scotland. I'm shocked. Do you never use glasgow airport? Is it really an SNP project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 As the M8 runs directly from the airport to the city centre the bus only takes 15 / 20 minutes (er, most of the time, traffic permitting...), so I'd question whether G.A.R.L. is the best use of public money (a lot of it) - and I hate buses! Seven quid single on the bus is a scandalous price though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Do you never use glasgow airport? Is it really an SNP project? Absolutely never. It's about the most inconvenient airport in the world for me. Must easier/cheaper/quicker to fly down to London and onwards from there. Luckily this overpriced scheme which I'm paying for will mean I can spend £50 on a return ticket to Queen Street, carry my bags across Glasgow to Central Station to get another train. It'll be even more fun on the way home. Glad to be subsidising another SNP vanity project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 "The strategic business case for the tram-train and personal rapid transit schemes has been developed by Renfrewshire Council and Glasgow City Council. It will be put before councillors in both local authorities early next month before going to the Glasgow and Clyde Valley cabinet for approval." This has been a Public Service Announcement. Cheers Flure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Cheers Flure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 I actually agree with Deecie. Better to spend that cash on a link between the lines at Queen St and Central... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 As the M8 runs directly from the airport to the city centre the bus only takes 15 / 20 minutes (er, most of the time, traffic permitting...), so I'd question whether G.A.R.L. is the best use of public money (a lot of it) - and I hate buses! Seven quid single on the bus is a scandalous price though. It is a scandal they charge that,a 40% rise since October 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I actually agree with Deecie. Better to spend that cash on a link between the lines at Queen St and Central... You mean repairing the pavements? It's only aboot 400 yards. You can walk 10 times that distance inside some airports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BremnerLorimerGray Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 About time there was a a sufficient, direct rail link to Glasgow Airport. It's a nonsense there isn't one in this day and age and even still, it's 10 years away from being a reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I actually agree with Deecie. Better to spend that cash on a link between the lines at Queen St and Central... Build a train track to run through the city, or knock through underneath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 You mean repairing the pavements? It's only aboot 400 yards. You can walk 10 times that distance inside some airports. Not carrying your luggage though... A train to paisley to get a tram to the airport seems a bit of a pain in the backside to me. What is the point in trams anyway? The ones in Edinburgh don't seem to go anywhere that buses can't go, this sounds the same. If you can't get a train from the airport to the town, what's the point, we already have perfectly inadequate ways of not getting the train from the airport to the town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Build a train track to run through the city, or knock through underneath? If it's good enough for London... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail_Glasgow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Not carrying your luggage though... A train to paisley to get a tram to the airport seems a bit of a pain in the backside to me. What is the point in trams anyway? The ones in Edinburgh don't seem to go anywhere that buses can't go, this sounds the same. If you can't get a train from the airport to the town, what's the point, we already have perfectly inadequate ways of not getting the train from the airport to the town. No. The Tram/Train runs to Paisley, and then on to the Airport - on the same train/tram. Glasgow CC to Glasgow Airport with a Paisley stop effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Aye you would only change on to the tram at Paisley if you were travelling up from Ayrshire or Inverclyde... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 If it's good enough for London... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail_Glasgow It looks awfy complicated, but, I can't see why this proposal hasn't been taken forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 No. The Tram/Train runs to Paisley, and then on to the Airport - on the same train/tram. Glasgow CC to Glasgow Airport with a Paisley stop effectively. Should've paid more attention, my point about Trams being pointless still stands though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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