And the headlines from the project website - https://scotlandsrailway.com/projects/east-kilbride-enhancements
An outline of some of the changes we hope to make:
An outline of some of the changes we hope to make:
- Line of route electrification, enabling quieter and greener trains
- Double tracking from Busby>East Kilbride, that facilitates a future enhanced timetable with more frequent services
- Extended platforms at existing stations, to allow for longer trains
- Bridge replacements at Giffnock & Clarkston, with possible step-free-access solutions being explored at Giffnock
- Active travel improvements at all existing stations
- A second platform at Thorntonhall that will be made fully accessible
- The relocation of Hairmyres Station, with two fully accessible platforms and a large carpark with; EVC provisions, bus interchanges and active travel improvements
- Brand new East Kilbride Station building, with two fully accessible platforms