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MSP slams missing link in network
Dec 24 2008


by Leona Greenan, Rutherglen Reformer


MSP Robert Brown has attacked the lack of any commitment to bridging the gap between the South/West and North/East railway lines feeding into Glasgow Central and Queen Street stations.

The Glasgow Liberal Democrat MSP gave his frank account following a statement made in the Scottish Parliament by the SNP Government on the Strategic Transport Projects Review.

Mr Brown, a long-time campaigner for the Glasgow Crossrail project, said the Transport Minister appeared to be living in a “transport dreamland” where he had failed to tackle the biggest challenges, and the transport projects announced had neither proper costings nor timescales attached to them.

Mr Brown said: “Rail travellers from Rutherglen and Cambuslang, and from the south of Glasgow – to say nothing of Ayrshire and Renfrewshire – have to put up with the 15 minute hike from Central Station to Queen Street, if they are travelling to Edinburgh, Aberdeen or the North.

“The Crossrail project would deal with the problem and boost the Scottish economy by attracting many new passengers from road to rail and cutting travel times and inconvenience. There is a very favourable report on Crossrail from as recently as this year and I do hope it won’t simply end up as another dusty report in a file.

“It is quite incredible that the SNP Government have missed this opportunity to make a substantial difference to the network in the Greater Glasgow area.”



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