| Comment | It might happen. The idea was outlined in the recent Glasgow Connectivity Commission Report from 2019. Transport Scotland's Strategic Transport Project Review (STPR2) is meant to be published next spring, recommending big regional/national infrastructure projects it recommends getting funded over the next 10 years or so. There's a fair chance STPR2 will get behind it.
You can read more here on p34-36 of the Connectivity Commission report, with diagram showing the new line under the city.
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/connectivitycommission
It is a little different to the old Crossrail idea, which would've used the mostly disused Union Line to allow regional trains to reach the rest of Scotland without stopping at Central or Queen Street (and vice versa). With a new main station at King Street or Glasgow Cross.
This plan would instead connect the SW regional rail lines running into Central directly with the lines to the North of the city, via a tunnel. With a new central (underground) station, likely at George Square.
It's sort of an inheritor plan to the old Crossrail. But it wouldn't be to serve local train services, instead services that need to terminate in Glasgow at the moment.
Bonus would be it'd free up Central, Queen Street and lots of other lines for local services (and maybe even a full blown metro / S-bahn type network)! |
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