Additional support for light rail operators [Transport Scotland]
Date: 28/06/2021
The Scottish Government is to provide a further £5.6 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams in response to the on-going financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This latest emergency funding brings the total light rail support available to over £34 million and this will now be in place until the end of September 2021.
This funding announcement follows ongoing discussions with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Edinburgh Trams regarding available resources due to the unprecedented impact that Covid 19 has had on travel demand.
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