Glasgow Subway - enlarged

[Hugh Spicer]

I hear there are plans (yet again) to extend the Glasgow subway using the
old Kirklee tunnels ?! Anyone have any more info ?
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Post by Hugh Spicer
I hear there are plans (yet again) to extend the Glasgow subway using the
old Kirklee tunnels ?! Anyone have any more info ?

Wow, I didn't think anyone looked at this newsgroup any more,

This info was posted on the Scot-Rail yahoo group by James H

From the Herald:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/40534.html

Graphic of unused tunnels:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/uimages/0306Tube.PDF

Regards

Mark

[Hugh Spicer]

Thanks for the links....

Looks interesting but I have to say all this was discussed before by SPT in
the late 1980s and nothing ever came of it....SPT should consider instead
reviving the StrathClydeTram project shelved in the late 1990s. That project
anticipated the use of the Kelvinbridge tunnel for light rail/tram use...

Hugh

Post by Mark Dootson

Post by Hugh Spicer
I hear there are plans (yet again) to extend the Glasgow subway using the
old Kirklee tunnels ?! Anyone have any more info ?

Wow, I didn't think anyone looked at this newsgroup any more,
This info was posted on the Scot-Rail yahoo group by James H
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/40534.html
http://www.theherald.co.uk/uimages/0306Tube.PDF
Regards
Mark

[J Houston]

Post by Hugh Spicer
Thanks for the links....
Looks interesting but I have to say all this was discussed before by SPT in
the late 1980s and nothing ever came of it....SPT should consider instead
reviving the StrathClydeTram project shelved in the late 1990s. That project
anticipated the use of the Kelvinbridge tunnel for light rail/tram use...
Hugh

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[David Marsh]

Mark Dootson wrote in free.uk.scotland.transport-railways
about: Re: Glasgow Subway - enlarged

Post by Mark Dootson

Post by Hugh Spicer
I hear there are plans (yet again) to extend the Glasgow subway using the
old Kirklee tunnels ?! Anyone have any more info ?

Wow, I didn't think anyone looked at this newsgroup any more,

It's not as busy as it should be.
I dare say it'd be busier if the denizens of uk.railway (who seem to
have infinite time to kill) could be encouraged to cross-post relevant
threads to this and other similar local groups..

Post by Mark Dootson
This info was posted on the Scot-Rail yahoo group by James H

Is that still 90% strings of low-time-to-live "spotting" numbers
<yaawnn> / 10% information, or has it improved? :-(

Post by Mark Dootson
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/40534.html

Hmm, interesting.

But wait, haven't we been here before..?

1995:
StrathClyde Tram and CrossRail announced with much fanfare.
M77 quietly (well, noisily and not without putting up a fight) built in
the background.

1996(ish):
StrathClyde Tram and CrossRail proposals mysteriously vanish..
Business as usual for the grate kar eCONomy..



2005:
Subway expansion announced.
M74 (a 'bargain' at up to £1000M for 5 miles) given the nod, despite the
Government's own Reporters finding against it.


2006..

Do I detect a theme here?



"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.."

[Ewan]

Post by David Marsh

Post by Mark Dootson
This info was posted on the Scot-Rail yahoo group by James H

Is that still 90% strings of low-time-to-live "spotting" numbers
<yaawnn> / 10% information, or has it improved? :-(

More like 2/3rds sightings and gen and 1/3rd discussion and news I think
(but I'm not going to count emails so don't shoot me down in flames if
that split is wrong). Easy enough to filter most of the '<yaawn>' posts
if you want to though.

Cheers,
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