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Glasgow has a well developed network of park and ride sites operated by SPT [7] or Scotrail. These exist at railway and subway stations across the greater Glasgow area. The Glasgow Subway has three park and ride sites with a total of 1,109 spaces with at least 10,000 further spaces spread out across the local rail network.
The service was originally known as Glasgow Shuttle and was introduced January 2011. A new fleet of ten Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC single-decker buses entered service on the route on 21 July 2016. [1] [2] On 14 April 2019, ten new Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City double-decker buses entered service on the route [3] [4] [5]
The Glasgow Flyer was a branded airport bus service in Glasgow, Scotland. It connected Glasgow Airport to central Glasgow , operating as a shuttle bus via the M8 motorway . In Glasgow city centre it operated from the Buchanan bus station , also calling at Glasgow's two mainline railway termini.
1729: The Glasgow Journal newspaper is published; 1730: The Glasgow Linen Society is formed; 1735: The city's ship-owners own 67 ships; 1736: The first history of Glasgow is published by John McUre; 1737-1760: A new Town Hall is built west of the Tolbooth; 1738: The Anderston Weavers' Society is formed
31 March & 5 December – Glasgow Subway electrified service opened to public on inner and outer circle respectively [1] 16 May – Thomas Mackay Cooper becomes Solicitor General for Scotland, [2] replacing Douglas Jamieson; 22 June – Kerr's Miniature Railway at Arbroath opens for business [3]
Glasgow's Subway is one of the four underground urban rail networks in the UK (the others being in London, Newcastle and Liverpool). Edinburgh has a tramway to and from the airport. On 1 January 2006, Transport Scotland was established, which would oversee the regulation of railways in Scotland and administer major rail projects. [ 10 ]
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The Glasgow Street Tramways Act was enacted by Parliament in 1870. This legislation allowed Glasgow Town Council to decide whether or not to have tramways within Glasgow. [ 2 ] In 1872, the Town Council laid a 2½-mile route from St George's Cross to Eglinton Toll (via New City Road, Cambridge Street, Sauchiehall Street , Renfield Street and ...