RAILSCOT | Decision to axe Glasgow Airport rail link a 'betrayal', Labour claim [Herald, Scotsman, BBC]

Decision to axe Glasgow Airport rail link a 'betrayal', Labour claim [Herald, Scotsman, BBC]

Date: 04/02/2019

The decision to axe plans for a direct rail link between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow Airport has been described as a 'betrayal for the city'. Glasgow Labour leader Frank McAveety made the comments after alternative proposals were announced last week for a shuttle pod system built to run between the airport and Paisley Gilmour Street instead.

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Scrapping of Glasgow Airport rail link plan dubbed a "betrayal for the city"

Herald

The decision to axe plans for a direct rail link between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow Airport has been described as a "betrayal for the

Decision to axe Glasgow Airport rail link a betrayal, Labour claim

Scotsman

The decision to axe plans for a direct rail link between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow Airport has been described as a “betrayal for the city”.

Anger over ditched airport rail link idea

BBC News

A former council leader says a decision to scrap plans for a Glasgow Airport rail link is a "betrayal to the city".

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A Transport Scotland sign standing alongside the playing fields near Paisley St James in October 2009. This would have seen a new viaduct constructed as part of the now scrapped Glasgow Airport Rail Link project.
Location: Paisley St James
Company: Glasgow Airport Rail Link
06/10/2009 Colin Harkins

There's no visible progress at Paisley St James on the GARL project as at the end of March 2009. The new line will cross Greenhill Road by a second bridge, beyond this one, before turning north over the playing fields and M8 motorway to approach the Airport. View looks north.
Location: Paisley St James
Company: Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
29/03/2009 Ewan Crawford

A Gourock - Glasgow Central service formed by 334 040 makes a stop at Paisley St James on 28 July 2008. This station is to be eventually closed and a replacement built further east as part of the changes resulting from construction of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link.
Location: Paisley St James
Company: Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway
28/07/2008 David Panton

Decision to axe Glasgow Airport rail link a 'betrayal', Labour claim [Herald, Scotsman, BBC]

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