Proposed Metro system

[PiperOne]

Sorry, did we not go through all this previously with the ill-fated rail link? I thought we'd got as far as building the new dedicated platforms at Glasgow Central,laying the high speed track and buying the new rolling stock? Then...nowt.

We did, platforms 12 & 13 were created for this, as well as the centre track from Shields to Arkleston. Although all Ayrshire and Inverclyde services benefit from this, I seem to recall the whole budget got lumped on to GARL. Extra 380's were included in the order to cover GARL, these have been put to good use elsewhere.

We shall see what timescales emerge after the end of the 12-week consultation period, but the whole programme spans 20 years. The real tragedy was the scrapping of the tram network in the early-60's, as diesel buses were seen as the way forward.

[Clive]

Sorry, did we not go through all this previously with the ill-fated rail link? I thought we'd got as far as building the new dedicated platforms at Glasgow Central,laying the high speed track and buying the new rolling stock? Then...nowt.

That was a dedicated stand alone airport rail link which I always thought was so limited it didn’t add much to the airport-city centre bus service.

What’s being backed now is a Greater Glasgow-wide integrated transport system that will benefit 1.5 million residents by all accounts.

[PiperOne]

If anyone fancies some "light reading", here's the link to the summary, all 44 pages of it.

https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/50 ... -stpr2.pdf

[kmea]

According to this article "Susan Aitken responded with a tantalising promise that the council and SPT would reveal “tangible” details about the potential for an airport link around February next year." - when asked about the progress of the Clyde Metro.

Summed up by another attendee as “Another annual spiral bound booklet of vague aspiration” - I guess we just have to wait and see

https://archive.ph/yvLVM

[FlyGLA]

Thing's we'll see before a rail link to Glasgow Airport

Aliens announce they’ve been watching us and are disappointed by the Wi-Fi
The moon turns out to be a giant hologram
The world has fully switched to electric cars... and they're all powered by hamster wheels
The Loch Ness Monster officially files for early retirement and opens an airport hotel to capitalise on the lack of transport options.
The weather in Glasgow becomes consistently sunny, with year-round temperatures averaging 25c
The entire population of Glasgow suddenly becomes fluent in Gaelic, but no one remembers why
The Scottish Parliament passes a law that allows Rangers to claim the league title every other year, just for moral support
EDI fanboys stop polluting every aviation forum on the web with their wet-dreams of routes that they'll never actually fly on
A new, highly competitive race forms: “The Glasgow Airport 5k”—by foot, via bus, or by hitching a ride on a shopping trolley
A national debate on whether we should just give up and build a direct tunnel to the moon instead
Visit Scotland launch a new slogan: Promoting tourism to the entire country, not just Edinburgh!
Glasgow turns into a “Walking City” with an official slogan: “Why take the train when you can just walk there... eventually?”
Gkirk is arrested at Guernsey Airport for attempting to smuggle in vast amounts of Viagra

Apologies if I have missed anything.

[egpffqtv]

Thing's we'll see before a rail link to Glasgow Airport

Aliens announce they’ve been watching us and are disappointed by the Wi-Fi
The moon turns out to be a giant hologram
The world has fully switched to electric cars... and they're all powered by hamster wheels
The Loch Ness Monster officially files for early retirement and opens an airport hotel to capitalise on the lack of transport options.
The weather in Glasgow becomes consistently sunny, with year-round temperatures averaging 25c
The entire population of Glasgow suddenly becomes fluent in Gaelic, but no one remembers why
The Scottish Parliament passes a law that allows Rangers to claim the league title every other year, just for moral support
EDI fanboys stop polluting every aviation forum on the web with their wet-dreams of routes that they'll never actually fly on
A new, highly competitive race forms: “The Glasgow Airport 5k”—by foot, via bus, or by hitching a ride on a shopping trolley
A national debate on whether we should just give up and build a direct tunnel to the moon instead
Visit Scotland launch a new slogan: Promoting tourism to the entire country, not just Edinburgh!
Glasgow turns into a “Walking City” with an official slogan: “Why take the train when you can just walk there... eventually?”
Gkirk is arrested at Guernsey Airport for attempting to smuggle in vast amounts of Viagra

Apologies if I have missed anything.

AGS to secure a new route deal. You missed that.

[FlyGLA]

AGS to secure a new route deal. You missed that.

I wanted to keep the list somewhat realistic.

[bill]

Thing's we'll see before a rail link to Glasgow Airport

Aliens announce they’ve been watching us and are disappointed by the Wi-Fi
The moon turns out to be a giant hologram
The world has fully switched to electric cars... and they're all powered by hamster wheels
The Loch Ness Monster officially files for early retirement and opens an airport hotel to capitalise on the lack of transport options.
The weather in Glasgow becomes consistently sunny, with year-round temperatures averaging 25c
The entire population of Glasgow suddenly becomes fluent in Gaelic, but no one remembers why
The Scottish Parliament passes a law that allows Rangers to claim the league title every other year, just for moral support
EDI fanboys stop polluting every aviation forum on the web with their wet-dreams of routes that they'll never actually fly on
A new, highly competitive race forms: “The Glasgow Airport 5k”—by foot, via bus, or by hitching a ride on a shopping trolley
A national debate on whether we should just give up and build a direct tunnel to the moon instead
Visit Scotland launch a new slogan: Promoting tourism to the entire country, not just Edinburgh!
Glasgow turns into a “Walking City” with an official slogan: “Why take the train when you can just walk there... eventually?”
Gkirk is arrested at Guernsey Airport for attempting to smuggle in vast amounts of Viagra

Apologies if I have missed anything.

Post of the year so far(admittedly early days yet).

All your scenarios are perfectly feasible in my opinion, and may well happen, with the exception of the Scottish Parliament passing a law to let Rangers win the league every other year...that's too far fetched in my opinion. I think we'd see an FR base of six aircraft at GLA before that.