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james73 · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject: Glasgow Crossrail

See 1994 plans here.

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james73 · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

Crossrail ‘would be used by 4m people each year’

A rail line linking train services across Glasgow would be used by four million
passengers a year, a new report reveals.

The plan would result in a boost to the Scottish economy of more than £1billion
over 60 years.

Consultants have completed an investigation into how the Crossrail project would
benefit the city.

The scheme, which at 2005 prices was estimated to cost between £115m and £187m,
is regarded as the missing link in Scotland's rail network.

Building a new stretch of line south of the Clyde would mean passengers travelling
to Glasgow from the south would no longer have to walk between Central and Queen
Street stations to continue their journey east or north.

New stations would be built at West Street, Gorbals and Glasgow Cross.

It is estimated the Glasgow Cross station would be used by 3.8m passengers
a year, making it the fourth busiest station in Scotland after Central and Queen Street
in Glasgow and Waverley in Edinburgh.

West Street station is predicted to attract 430,000 passengers and Gorbals 510,000.

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glasgowken · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

Reports reports reports, get on with it for fcuk sake

james73 · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject:

From http://www.futureglasgow.co.uk/

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Len Scaps · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject:

Think I prefer the original......
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james73 · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject:

It's not the same place. The model is the Mercat Building at Glasgow Cross.

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james73 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

Minister ‘must back Crossrail’

TRANSPORT Minister Stewart Maxwell is to be asked to immediately approve
Glasgow's £200million Crossrail project.

Anniesland Labour MSP Bill Butler is raising a motion at Holyrood tomorrow,
saying the city has waited 30 years for the project to connect Central and
Queen Street stations - and action is needed now.

Dozens of politicians from all parties have backed Crossrail, which would
allow commuters from Ayrshire and the south to travel to Glasgow and on
to Edinburgh and beyond without having to change stations.

Mr Butler said: "The cross-party group feel it's time for a commitment to
be made by the Scottish Government.

"Crossrail will bring benefits in terms of people being able to get to work
from further afield, is essential in delivering the 2014 Commonwealth
Games and will provide the missing piece in Scotland's rail jigsaw.

"It's not simply a Glasgow project but will have national benefits and we
believe it's time for the Government to support this project.

"The benefit of this project to the Scottish economy is £1.06billion over 60 years."

In 2005, experts put the cost of Crossrail at £115m to £187m.

Glasgow list SNP MSP Sandra White said because of the increased cost of
steel and construction, the figure was now likely to be around £200m.

But she added: "This is not a parochial rail line for Glasgow but a Scottish
line which links Ayrshire to Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen.

"I don't think that's a lot of money to get a transport system working the
way people want it to work in the 21st century."

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james73 · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:07 am Post subject:

Phased plans for Crossrail link

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.

A report, carried out for SPT by transport consultants Faber Maunsell,
predicted that more than four million passengers would access proposed
new stations at Glasgow Cross, Gorbals and West Street.

Faber Maunsell also suggested that Crossrail, which would link the rail lines
serving Glasgow Central and Queen Street stations, would add £1.06bn to
the Scottish economy over a costed 60-year period.

Cost of the project was estimated at between £115m and £187m in a 2005
technical appraisal study.

The staged approach would see:

* Upgrading of the City Union Line between High Street Junction and
Shields Junction, enabling services to run directly between Airdrie/Springburn
and the Paisley corridor. This would allow services such as Ayr – Edinburgh
to operate;

* A Croy – Barrhead service, requiring construction of the Strathbungo Link
and allowing access from Crossrail to the East Kilbride/Barrhead/Kilmarnock route;

* Construction of the High Street Curve and the associated turnback at Kelvinhaugh,
allowing trains to run from Charing Cross to Glasgow Cross and beyond.

Click here for a map outlining the proposed Crossrail connections. (Opens a new window).

Bill Butler, Labour MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, secured the member's
debate in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday.

Speaking at a media conference on Tuesday, he said: "The phasing is something
that we will be suggesting to the minister if that is something more appropriate,
given current circumstances.

"We’re not going to be precious or party political. This is cross-party support.
This is about delivering for Glasgow, west central Scotland and indeed for
Scotland nationally and we hope the minister will see that."

Glasgow SNP MSP Sandra White said: "We have to have the Crossrail project
in the strategic transport review but we are willing to do it in stages.

"This is not a Glasgow parochial Crossrail link, this is a nationwide Scottish link."

James H
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monument · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:41 pm Post subject:

Some views of the proposed station and housing development at the back of the Mercat Building.

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james73 · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

£130m plan to link city’s main stations is shelved (Evening Times)

CROSSRAIL, the £130million plan to link Glasgow's two main stations, has
been "kicked into the long grass".

Critics attacked Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson for not including plans
for it in the long-awaited Strategic Transport Projects Review.

Crossrail, the missing link in Scotland's rail network, would allow commuters
from Ayrshire and the south to travel to Glasgow and on to Edinburgh and
beyond without changing stations.

Anniesland MSP Bill Butler said the omission was a "missed opportunity".

Mr Butler, who heads a cross-party group at the Scottish Parliament which
has been campaigning for Crossrail, said he was both angry and disappointed.

He said: "I believe the project, as put forward by Strathclyde Partnership
for Transport, is realistic, cost-effective and deliverable.

"It would deliver economic benefits not just to Glasgow but the whole of
Scotland."

In his announcement, Mr Stevenson spoke of other work in Glasgow,
including the construction of a new city centre station linking the rail
network to the city.

But his spokesman was not able to give any details of timescale or cost or
discussion that had taken place.

Mr Butler claimed the Minister had been referring to a "long-forgotten"
scheme which would cost £3billion.

He said: "This is an attempt by civil servants to kick Crossrail into the
long grass."

SPT chair Alistair Watson said: "The proposal to build a third station in
central Glasgow would almost certainly have to be underground, is hugely
ambitious and would cost billions.

"At this cost, would this project ever be delivered or is it an attempt to
make a big promise but in effect kick the Crossrail proposal into the long
grass?".

Mr Stevenson also announced a proposal for a Metro/Light Rapid Transport
network across Glasgow. That was welcomed by Mr Watson who said it
was just the SPT's proposed Fastlink system in all but name.

James H
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