Recent content by clc

I was on one of the new units for the first time today. In terms of noise I found it noticeably quieter than the old stock. In terms of ride quality I found there was a surprising amount of intermittent lateral movement to the extent the back of my head hit the panel behind me with more force...

I expect the extra revenue funding to be spent on health and local government. It’s possible some of it will be transferred to the capital budget but the Scottish Government has said housing is the priority for any additional capital spending, which is understandable given the acute shortage of...

38 days later and still no sign of these.

Hopefully they will straighten and widen the bridge to give pedestrians more space. A diversion through Stamperland shouldn’t be too problematic.

If you zoom into the slide it states that end to end journey times will be reduced after electrification:- https://x.com/alexhynes/status/1757740272492904682?s=61&t=UyoTeT5kB81xizJMJ3aw_g

When I said I wasn’t confident about seeing BEMUs entering service this decade I should have said 'in Scotland’. I had just been reading some chat on the East Kilbride/Barrhead Enhancements thread suggesting that Transport Scotland would hold off buying BEMUs for a few years as rail battery...

I’m not so optimistic. People are saying rail battery technology is a few years away from being mature enough to buy. If that’s the case and given the time it will take to procure and build them I’m not confident we’ll see BEMU’s entering service this decade.

That’s interesting about rail battery technology not being mature enough yet. I understand from what Iain Docherty has tweeted that another factor causing delay is Clyde Metro as TS has not yet decided how much of the heavy rail network will be converted to metro. The business case for Clyde...

What’s the betting the project will be delayed? continues: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/6357229/aberdeen-rail-central-belt-times/

Just had a look on Google. Strangely the south facing side of the bridge is arched but the north facing side isn’t.

Perhaps it would be better to keep the new station on hold until the Almond Chord is resurrected and the station can be located on the new chord?

Clyde Metro is a priority in STPR2 and funding to develop the Case for Investment has recently been confirmed. The plans for the metro include a line from the city centre to the airport via QE Hospital, Braehead and Renfrew. Hopefully the business case stacks up.

Look how the enhancements budget has fallen in the last couple of years:- 2022/23 - £247m 2023/24 - £155.8m 2024/25 - £146.9m Once Levenmouth and East Kilbride get their funding allocations I don’t suppose there will be much left for anything else in the coming year. On a positive note the...

Paisley Corridor Improvements. Quite a major project, cost £170 million. Included 2 new platforms at Central: https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/paisley-corridor/?cf-view&cf-closed

I have a question about future proofing for full double tracking of the line. The Thornton Road bridge is one of three bridges being demolished over the festive period. To my untrained eye the planning documents appear to show that the replacement bridge will be wide enough for double track...