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>Celtic Park gets a train station to service it (maybe only on match days?)

the old track is still visible behind that little tenement corner across from the commonwealth arena so that would be very easy. i dont see why it would only need to be open on match days, as theres lots of housing round there as well as the commonwealth arena. just call it parkhead

>As you move towards the city, I'd reopen the old Glasgow Green Station (next to the WEST Brewery). It's a shame there's no station here - you've got a 1.8km stretch around the heart of the old city centre completely bypassed by trains! It'd be great for making the People's Palace and the green more accessible, as well as serving Calton and the Barras.I'd reopen Glasgow Cross too (and close Argyle Street, which offends me personally in its proximity to Central Station). If the Union Line was used as well (with lines from the Southside to the East End and/or Queen Street Station), you could build a two level interchange station in the Mercat Building at the heart the old city centre - if ever a building was meant to be a train station!

yes to everything except argyle street, i think. i would ideally maybe keep that as a lower level for a new st. enoch station (and just rename it that) which would be some enormous structure stretching from the square to the union line, with the shopping centre (which doesnt make money anymore) incorporated multi-level into the train station so the passenger traffic increases footfall to the shops/restaurants. argyle st and central are very close but both stations are (or were, and hopefully will be again) rammed at peak times, and i dont think youd want to send all of argyle st's passenger traffic to central (and i dont think a glasgow cross station would absorb it, particularly if its also taking new east end-southside traffic)

i had the exact same idea about the mercat building! i dont know what exactlys in the upper floors of it right now but it might be nice to take out all the floors so all the light coming in through the windows gives a grand central type effect

besides new stations already mentioned on that map, id have ones at haghill (at the forge), barmulloch & germiston (broomfield rd), scotstoun (stadium), sighthill (just before the footbridge that i think might a road bridge now), cowlairs (hawthorn st), blochairn (blochairn rd), and st andrews cross (grandly situated in the old power station building on pollokshaws road)

ideally the new st enoch would take most services to edinburgh as well as most south and east routes, central would take south, west, all trains to england, and the cathcart circle, with queen street focusing on north. the additional capacity this would free up at queen street high level (not so much the station itself but the incline) could also be used for a very high frequency "glasgow circle" type service which leaves queen street high level, goes out to anniesland, then runs through queen street low level and then back into high-level

i would require the demolition of first's new bus terminal on crown street for all this haha. though that would probably be a lot less controversial than what no one talks about when they bang on about reopening the botanic gardens line: severing the kelvin walkway in two and destroying half of what is a very pleasant bit of green space looked out open by some pretty prestigious residences. im having an argument with their occupants in my head right now. DO YOU WANT PUBLIC TRANSPORT OR DONT YOU YA POSH PRICKS