Progress has been made on the link between Glasgow airport and Paisley Gilmour Street with funding being agreed for the project. Although in isolation the link between Paisley and the airport seems like a white elephant, wider plans would hopefully extend the line to Renfrew, Braehead QEU hospital and beyond.
I do hope this is the start of wider metro/light rail system for Glasgow. I attended a lecture earlier this year by the Glasgow Connectivity Commission who developed proposals for a Glasgow Metro, which was quite interesting. Their report can be found here: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=45064. A lot of things are ambitious, but by no means impossible.
I won't hold my breath that this will progress much further, but we can always hope.
The full article can be seen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51008481
Note: I hope this was the right section of the forum to post this in! Happy for this to be moved to the Infrastructure section if more appropriate.
I do hope this is the start of wider metro/light rail system for Glasgow. I attended a lecture earlier this year by the Glasgow Connectivity Commission who developed proposals for a Glasgow Metro, which was quite interesting. Their report can be found here: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=45064. A lot of things are ambitious, but by no means impossible.
I won't hold my breath that this will progress much further, but we can always hope.
The full article can be seen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51008481
Plans for a metro link for Glasgow Airport have been agreed by council leaders in Glasgow and Renfrewshire.
The first phase of the proposed Glasgow Metro would link Paisley Gilmour Street train station and Glasgow airport, before extending further east.
The announcement came ahead of a conference on the state of the economy and infrastructure in Glasgow.
An airport rail link has been promised for years with different proposals approved and later scrapped.
The Glasgow Metro was first proposed by a commission tasked with improving the city's infrastructure in April last year.
Now the leader of Glasgow City Council, Susan Aitken, has said the metro's first phase will be between the airport and Paisley Gilmour Street train station.
Both of these sites are within Renfrewshire Council, and Cllr Aitken said the leaders of both councils have agreed funding for the project, although the support of the councils' members will have to be secured before work can begin.
Note: I hope this was the right section of the forum to post this in! Happy for this to be moved to the Infrastructure section if more appropriate.