• Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Glasgow City Union Line

Status
Not open for further replies.
H

Highland37

Established Member
Joined
29 Jun 2012
Messages
1,259
I spent a few days in the Gorbals last week staying with a relative. They said that there were plans to convert part of the bridge across the river into a "park" but didn't have any further information.

One thing struck me - having a station in the area would bring opportunities for the local population and I think it might be well used.
 
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

C

clc

Established Member
Joined
31 Oct 2011
Messages
1,302
Highland37 said:
I spent a few days in the Gorbals last week staying with a relative. They said that there were plans to convert part of the bridge across the river into a "park" but didn't have any further information.
.
Click to expand...

Can’t see how when the bridge is used for empty stock moves. There is also talk of using it for a future metro system.
 
61653 HTAFC

61653 HTAFC

Veteran Member
Joined
18 Dec 2012
Messages
17,671
Location
Another planet...
clc said:
Can’t see how when the bridge is used for empty stock moves. There is also talk of using it for a future metro system.
Click to expand...
Glasgow must be among the most suitable British cities for a German-style S-Bahn system, with the two East-West low-level lines and the potential for a North-South cross-city route via the route under discussion. The issue then comes with choosing which routes to either side of the city to adopt, and whether a central station on this route would cause problems for connections if not well sited for the current Central and Queen Street stations (I'm not overly familiar with the location of the City Union line, and which routes would be easiest to divert that way.

Ideally (if money were no object) a new deep-level north-south tunnel with platforms beneath both main termini would be a better fit, but we're already into "Speculative Ideas" territory!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top