| Comment | Different circumstances.
The original GARL heavy rail link never made much sense by itself. It would've just been a spur via Paisley St James, and only interrupted Inverclyde services for very little benefit. A better plan was around in the 60s-80s to construct a looping route that crossed the river and returned to the city via Yoker. That wasn't what was proposed unfortunately, so on balance it's understandable the 2000s era rail spur proposal didn't go ahead.
The later 2010s idea for personal transport pods connecting the airport to Paisley Gilmour Street was an even worse idea, ploughing a lot of investment into a tiny transit solution which could never be expanded.
The new approach is better. It looks like any airport rail link (which may be similar to the once discarded Yoker loop) will be incorporated into wider plans for an enhanced metro network, providing a much better return in terms of an infrastructure project. |
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