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now thats more like it

would be intrigued to see what hes planning with that kelvindale line with the two stations. presuming the present station is the "north" one, im guessing the new line deviates from the old line at the viaduct, hugs the kelvin then the southern station is around kelvindale road. anyway i love it if so, hadnt thought of that

WHYS HE NOT PUT KIRKLEE BACK IN

id prefer any new subway loop to go north, as i think the possil/queen's cross/sighthill/ruchill areas are much more in need of it than the east, which as much as its talked about as being badly served by public transport, has a decent rail network really. the north would also be much cheaper as a lot of that land is derelict or scheduled for redevelopment, so could be done cut and cover for most of it. his plans are sensibly modest though

confused by his east end plans. the most straightforward idea to me would just be to use the existing disused london road tunnel, put the parkhead station where it was before, then extend the tunnel north east with a station at tollcross before joining the line at shettleston. also put the switchback line back in, with stations at riddrie and blackhill, then going on to robroyston (though i would not envy the job of the person trying to run a rail line through the provan interchange....well actually i would)

reinstating the line to maryhill central without extending it all the way to a station around stobhill? theres a tunnel there. boooo

reinstating the line to linwood without extending it all the way to a second station at port glasgow? theres a trackbed there. boooo