| Comment | It's going to happen. These things go through many stages before any shovels touch the ground.
It was raised and formally recommended as part of the city's Connectivity Commission report in 2019. This was an independent commission of experts looking at realistic transport projects that the city could (and should) explore in the next 10-30 years. Some of the "metro" lines they dusted off the shelf were actually planned in the past, but abandoned for various political reasons in the 90s. The one you mention, the Airport to the City Centre was recommended as the priority line to build first.
Anyway, afaik, the latest is this has had initial project funding committed by Glasgow and Renfrewshire councils. Don't know details, but I expect this is related to funding early planning. Everything's likely waiting for Transport Scotland's big long term Scottish Transport Project Review (STPR2), which is set for this coming Spring. In that report, TS set out which big scale projects they want to fund for the next 10+ years. I expect the Glasgow metro (stage 1) will e in this list. At that point, the actually detailed planning will begin, maybe with construction starting within a few years.
GCC also has a long term public transport strategy report coming out in the spring. Expect the airport-city team to be the centrepiece. |
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