Written Question · S4W-08927 · Session 4
Whether the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme announced on 4 July 2012 includes provision for the Croy Loop.
The question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme announced on 4 July 2012 includes provision for the Croy Loop.
The answer
The first phase announced on 4 July does not include provision of the Croy Turnback. This infrastructure intervention is not required for four trains per hour.
Further elements of EGIP including the Croy turnback, the electrification of Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa services, Glasgow connectivity with Edinburgh Gateway station and the proposal for six trains per hour on the route via Falkirk, can be delivered in future phases. The timing and specification of future phases will be dependent on other considerations including High Speed Rail, and opportunities that presents to connect Edinburgh and Glasgow, and wider capacity and affordability issues.
Further elements of EGIP including the Croy turnback, the electrification of Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa services, Glasgow connectivity with Edinburgh Gateway station and the proposal for six trains per hour on the route via Falkirk, can be delivered in future phases. The timing and specification of future phases will be dependent on other considerations including High Speed Rail, and opportunities that presents to connect Edinburgh and Glasgow, and wider capacity and affordability issues.
In the Official Report
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