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Before the end of the year, the Scottish Government should be publishing their delivery plan for the future transport proposals - including the vast overhaul of the metro system. We delve into the proposed changes and how they could revolutionise Govanhill's connections to the city.
(Permalink) Clyde Metro Glasgow District Subway Govanhill STPR2 Scottish Government Strategic Transport Projects Review |
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Edinburgh South Suburban Railway is a campaign group run mostly on Twitter and which has one aim to reopen the railway line to passengers within the city, taking cars off the streets and providing another means of public transport.
The group would like you to support their cause by responding to the online consultation on the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) for Scotland which ends at midnight on 15 April 2022. We asked them to explain their campaign and what they do. (Permalink) Blackford Hill Cameron Toll Craiglockhart Duddingston Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Gorgie Morningside Road Newington STPR2  Craiglockhart: The closed Craiglockhart Station seen from a Cockburn Association charter exploring the Edinburgh Suburban Circle in 1973. (Image requested by Euan Millar who knew the station.)  Newington [NBR]: View west over Newington Station (closed September 1962) in the 1970s. The platform was later removed and the track realigned. See image [[7602]]  Duddingston: The board on the west end wall of Duddingston and Craigmillar station (closed 1962) proclaims that it deals with goods and parcels traffic but the dilapidated condition of the building suggests otherw ... |
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A recent transport report by the Scottish Government has been branded an enormous let down by a Borders MP.
The second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) - which will inform investment priorities from 2022 to 2042 was released on Thursday. However, the report has been criticised for failing to directly mention an extension to the Borders Railway. (Permalink) Borders Railway Borders Railway Extension Hawick Melrose STPR2 St Boswells Waverley Route  Tweedbank: 170426 arrives at platform 1, Tweedbank, with a service from Edinburgh on 21st June 2021. 170408 is spare in platform 2. In the background, the Borders Innovation Park takes shape.
 St Boswells: A northbound Sunday track-lifting train approaches St Boswells in the spring of 1971. |
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The new 20-year transport strategy includes 45 core projects, including bridges and tunnels to islands and cross-border rail upgrades
(Permalink) Clyde Metro STPR2  Glasgow Airport: A proposed station for Glasgow Airport. [Over the years there has been a considerable number of proposals to serve the airport including; a branch from Arkleston Junction (east of Paisley Gilmour Stre ... |
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