Bairnardo Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, ajwffc said: that is the plan with new stations at Clackmannan, Kincardine and Longannet and a half hourly service between Alloa and Longannet https://www.railbusinessdaily.com/rail-works-to-inform-project-development-for-fife-and-clackmannanshire/ Yeah, in the process of googling to confirm I hadnt fabricated the whole thing, I note a plan to start manufacturing trains at Longannet. Is that still a goer? All I really found was pre pandemic stuff. Would be good for the area by the sound of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 We definitely suffered from Beeching. It wouldn't have mattered that the A7 is a crap road if I could have got a train to Galashiels or Hawick all those years. Similarly Edinburgh once had a pretty decent city rail network but that was all ripped up. Glasgow managed to keep theirs and so if you're from Glasgow you can get a train to, say, Barrhead while in Edinburgh you can't get a train to,say, Penicuik. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 55 minutes ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Anyway, there's potholes at the end of my road. Sturgeon must condemn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, MixuFruit said: Really we should bulldoze Harthill You've won me over! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Yeah, in the process of googling to confirm I hadnt fabricated the whole thing, I note a plan to start manufacturing trains at Longannet. Is that still a goer? All I really found was pre pandemic stuff. Would be good for the area by the sound of it. Talgo are still due to take over the site of the old Longannet power station when it is cleared 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, MixuFruit said: Really we should bulldoze Harthill and put a big airport there and close Glasgow and Edinburgh airports. Piece of pish. BP as the terminal, M8 as the runway, keep the Royal Bar and Gibbshill Park for pre-flight hospitality. How much was my consultancy fee again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: BP as the terminal, M8 as the runway, keep the Royal Bar and Gibbshill Park for pre-flight hospitality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Hedgecutter said: Bit more... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: The A77 is a disgrace - Why is an A road to a ferry hub going through village high streets? 1000x this. The A77 south of Ayr is an embarrassment when you consider the amount of HGVs going up and down it all day for the ferry. Single carriageway the whole way, minimal crawler lanes, passes through narrow high streets, several low bridges which see the HGVs onto the middle of the fucking road. Incredibly dangerous and it’s entirely conceivable that you end up stuck in a half-mile long queue of traffic all the way between Ayr and Cairnryan. If that road was anywhere near London it would have been dualled decades ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 There are plans afoot to get rid of diesel trains. There's not a chance in hell the line between Perth and Inverness will be electrified by 2035 though. https://www.railjournal.com/policy/scotland-unveils-rail-carbon-reduction-plans/ https://www.gov.scot/news/ambitious-plans-to-transform-scottish-rail-network-unveiled/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 minute ago, MixuFruit said: Anyone who had ever driven that road knew Johnson's bridge to Ireland was a joke concept. I suspect he was anticipating the bulk of the traffic to come up the M6 and hang a left onto the A75. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 People in Scotland should remember their place. Nothing else should be considered until we have paid our way to a ‘transformative’ high speed rail down South.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 5 hours ago, NewBornBairn said: Better with these - At least we wouldn't have to pay for Prince Andrew to spend the night in Paris first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, jagfox BLM said: Glasgow Airport doesn't even have a rail link. What about Edinburgh? Despite the fact there is a railway line that goes through the grounds of the airport, they decided that trams were a better idea. Edited September 13, 2020 by Shandön Par 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: People in Scotland should remember their place. Nothing else should be considered until we have paid our way to a ‘transformative’ high speed rail down South.. The idea that there is good infrastructure elsewhere in the UK is also a complete myth The bright yellow lines are real motorways. Miles behind Holland and Belgium. Germany has an extensive motorway network linking every major cities. Meanwhile in Britain you can't go from Scotland to Yorkshire without taking a shitty A road. West England, fuckall. Wales and the south west? enjoy your 1 good road. Even the network around London is shite with everyone desperate to ditch their unbearably long commutes because of Covid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauftimedraw Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 At least we wouldn't have to pay for Prince Andrew to spend the night in Paris first.Paris Hilton?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: We definitely suffered from Beeching. It wouldn't have mattered that the A7 is a crap road if I could have got a train to Galashiels or Hawick all those years. Similarly Edinburgh once had a pretty decent city rail network but that was all ripped up. Glasgow managed to keep theirs and so if you're from Glasgow you can get a train to, say, Barrhead while in Edinburgh you can't get a train to,say, Penicuik. The Aberdeenshire lines all went, and mostly ripped up. I think we were lucky to hold onto the Inverness line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Shandön Par said: Despite the fact their is a railway line that goes through the grounds of the airport, they decided that trams were a better idea. Yeah, I've often wondered why Edinburgh Gateway station wasn't built within walking distance of the airport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipa Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: The Aberdeenshire lines all went, and mostly ripped up. I think we were lucky to hold onto the Inverness line. Beeching had an initial plan, fortunately scaled back, which would have retained the Edinburgh-Falkirk-Glasgow line, but absolutely nothing north of that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: The Aberdeenshire lines all went, and mostly ripped up. I think we were lucky to hold onto the Inverness line. And five years later, the North Sea strikes oil and virtually all of those lines would be handy and comfortably pay their way. Total lack of foresight. Even with the AWPR, the A93 is a horror just now, and the line to Ballater would be catnip for tourists, and ideal from Banchory eastbound for commuters. If we'd been independent 40 years ago and done a Norway it makes you sick what we could have done on the infrastructure front.... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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