Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link

The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a railway under construction in Central Scotland. Instigated as part of a round of transport improvement projects proposed by the then Scottish Executive in 2003, the plan is to open up a fourth direct railway link between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is anticipated that the project will be completed by December 2010, at an estimated cost of £300 million. The rail link received the final approval of th... more

The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a railway under construction in Central Scotland. Instigated as part of a round of transport improvement projects proposed by the then Scottish Executive in 2003, the plan is to open up a fourth direct railway link between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is anticipated that the project will be completed by December 2010, at an estimated cost of £300 million. The rail link received the final approval of the Scottish Parliament on 28 March 2007, and gained Royal Assent on 9 May 2007. In line with plans to complete the missing part of the M8 motorway, the Executive stipulated that public transport links between Scotland's two largest cities must improve. The new line will reinstate the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway between Airdrie and Bathgate, closed to passengers in 1956 and to freight in 1982, joining the North Clyde Line of the Glasgow suburban railway network which currently links the North Lanarkshire town of Airdrie to Glasgow Queen... less