Date: 30/05/2013

A rail route will be electrified earlier than planned to improve journey times before the Commonwealth Games. The Glasgow-Whifflet line is now expected to be completed next summer, four years before schedule, Transport Minister Keith Brown announced at the Scottish Parliament. He said the work can be done for less than the originally estimated £30m.

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156 514 pulls into Carmyle heading for Whifflet on 14 August. Although it is five miles from Glasgow Central there are no intermediate stations (a surprisingly long stationless stretch in Glasgow terms) and running is mostly fast.  Passengers can therefore get into or out of Central Glasgow in only a few minutes.
Location: Carmyle
Company: Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway
14/08/2010 David Panton

Sunshine on Baillieston, as a Glasgow Central - Whifflet service pulls into the station, April 2007.
Location: Baillieston
Company: Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway
23/04/2007 John Furnevel

Glasgow Central bound 158730 awaits its departure time at Whifflet on 18 May.
Location: Whifflet
Company: Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
18/05/2011 John Steven