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Author	Scunnered20
Comment	> Do you know what’s round the corner from the King’s? A train station. Which is fine if you live close to a station which links to that specific station. Not so useful if you don't live near a train station! Just to jump in and join this conversation... I wouldn't necessarily contend that we need trams on Elmbank Street specifically. But to the wider point of what purpose trams might serve: in the city centre: it's as simple as LordAnubis says, that it isn't necessarily about shuttling people between Argyle Street and Charing Cross but more about having lines which cross from one side of the city to another and give reliable transit connections to communities outside the centre. The Clyde Metro plans are taking into consideration some unfulfilled ideas and transport plans which have laid dormant for decades. One of which is the Strathclyde Tram route, which would have seen trams (re)introduced on St Vincent Street in the 1990s. The wider aim of this scheme was to provide a reliable fixed-rail link from Drumchapel to the city centre, and Easterhouse to the city centre on the other end. It would have provided these communities with a fixed rail link to the city centre, as well as direct connections to the rest of the transit network (at points such as Kelvinbridge Subway, Central Station, High Street). There's a reasonable chance this, or some variation of it, might be included in the final Metro plans. More transit options are better, offering people more flexibility and opportunity to connect to the wider network.
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Created	Sat 25th Mar 2023 3:34pm
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> Do you know what’s round the corner from the King’s? A train station.

Which is fine if you live close to a station which links to that specific station. Not so useful if you don't live near a train station!

Just to jump in and join this conversation... I wouldn't necessarily contend that we need trams on Elmbank Street specifically.

But to the wider point of what purpose trams might serve: in the city centre: it's as simple as LordAnubis says, that it isn't necessarily about shuttling people between Argyle Street and Charing Cross but more about having lines which cross from one side of the city to another and give reliable transit connections to communities outside the centre.

The Clyde Metro plans are taking into consideration some unfulfilled ideas and transport plans which have laid dormant for decades. One of which is the Strathclyde Tram route, which would have seen trams (re)introduced on St Vincent Street in the 1990s. The wider aim of this scheme was to provide a reliable fixed-rail link from Drumchapel to the city centre, and Easterhouse to the city centre on the other end. It would have provided these communities with a fixed rail link to the city centre, as well as direct connections to the rest of the transit network (at points such as Kelvinbridge Subway, Central Station, High Street).

There's a reasonable chance this, or some variation of it, might be included in the final Metro plans. More transit options are better, offering people more flexibility and opportunity to connect to the wider network.