Strathclyde' rail victory
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STRATHCLYDE'S rail lobby helped secure Regional Co approval for a £23m pla electrify more of the Glas commuter rail system and vide faster links to Curnbern and East Kilbride new town: A plan announced last by the council, rather t Strathclyde PTE, prop( electrification of lines from ( bridge to Cumbernai Clarkston to East Kilbride, extension of the £80m Ayr; electrification project cum in progress to include Ardrossan-Largs line.
An increased frequency d service would. be provided I next summer between Auc leck and Glasgow, in a sch to provide an expanded Kill nock-Glasgow service with opened stations. electrification schemes w start in 1986-88, subject to and Government finance b provided.
The quid pro quo is a padl of efficiency measures to re( the expected 1994 £60m bi subsidise British Rail's c muter services in Strathcl Most stations would be manned, driver-only trE would be the norm, and five tions of railway would be clo
Earlier this year, SPTE looking at very radical econi measures, including an optic cut back rail services in nareas. It also has been cerned about the extensior independent and Scottish Group commuter coach vices, notably to Ayrshire, the report refers to a "s term" annual loss of £1 revenue to express buses.
Transport committee cl man Malcolm Waugh critic the "seriously detrimei effects" of deregulated bus vices which run "contrary tc Regional Council's poli where subsidised rail serv "cater satisfactorily" for sengers' needs.
• A major Traffic Comrr sioners' hearing this week to consider other operators' taxi owners' objections Strathclyde PTE's substan. licence applications for its G gow Microbus services and coach and Microbus services disabled and able-bodied p sengers in the Glasgow E Paisley areas.