STRATHCLYDE Partnership for Transport (SPT) has unveiled new open-plan subway trains due to be in service in Glasgow from 2020, with an entirely staffless service operating the following year. The first of a fleet of 17 trains built by Swiss consortium Stadler...
Public Transport
CONSTRUCTION Starting On New Robroyston Rail Station
WORK has started on the new Robroyston railway station, which will serve a development of 1,600 homes in the north east of Glasgow. Located between Stepps and Springburn on the Glasgow to Cumbernauld line, the unstaffed station will include step-free platform access,...
ALL Aboard As Partick Bus Station Improvements Are Completed
WORK on the redevelopment of Partick Bus Station is complete, with the first buses due to use the improved facility on Sunday 2 September. The £2.5million refurbishment includes an increase in the number of bus stances accompanied by improved waiting areas for...
PASSENGERS Advised Of Changed Access At Queen Street Station
THERE will be changes to the way passengers enter and exit Glasgow Queen Street station from Saturday 21 July as redevelopment continues at the site. Direct access to Low Level services from Dundas Street will close and be replaced with a temporary walkway via...
PIONEERING Electric Bus Trial In Glasgow By McGill’s
MCGILL'S Buses is trying out a zero local-emission bus on its busy 38 route into Glasgow City Centre. The electric bus is built by Yutong, China’s largest bus and coach manufacturer, and McGill’s partnered with its sole UK and Ireland distributor, Pelican Engineering,...
LONGER Platform Is First Milestone To Be Achieved In Queen Street Station Transformation
GLASGOW Queen Street’s newly-extended platform 1 has entered service as the £120million redevelopment of the station reaches its first key milestone. During the May bank holiday weekend, Network Rail completed a six-month project to lengthen the platform by 50 metres,...