Glasgow Crossrail

Crossrail Glasgow (formerly known as Glasgow Crossrail) is a proposed railway development in Central Scotland. Since the 1970s, it has been widely recognised that one of the main weaknesses of the railway network in Greater Glasgow is that rail services emanating from the South (which would normally terminate at Central main line station) cannot bypass Glasgow city centre and join the northern railway network which terminates at Glasgow Queen Str... more

Crossrail Glasgow (formerly known as Glasgow Crossrail) is a proposed railway development in Central Scotland. Since the 1970s, it has been widely recognised that one of the main weaknesses of the railway network in Greater Glasgow is that rail services emanating from the South (which would normally terminate at Central main line station) cannot bypass Glasgow city centre and join the northern railway network which terminates at Glasgow Queen Street station - and vice-versa for trains coming from the North. At present rail users who wish to travel across Glasgow have to disembark at either Central or Queen Street and traverse the city centre by foot, or by road. The proposed Crossrail initiative involves re-opening and electrifying the largely disused City Union Line for passenger use in conjunction with new filler sections of track which will connect the North Clyde, Ayrshire, and Kilmarnock and East Kilbride suburban routes together, therefore allowing through running of services... less