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16/03/2023 Levenmouth Rail Link remains firmly on track [Network Rail] Track work on the Levenmouth Rail Link has passed the half-way point. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Double track Levenmouth Line Tracklaying Double Dykes Level Crossing: March 2023 view of a double track section on the new Levenmouth line. Network Rail /03/2023 Levenmouth: Looking up river from the Bawbee Bridge with the new Levenmouth platforms under construction. 10 March Bill Roberton 10/03/2023 Cameron Bridge: Looking east over Cameron Bridge (2nd) on 10 March 2023 with platforms under construction. Bill Roberton 10/03/2023 Network Rail
10/11/2022 'Twin-tracking' and tourism: how the Borders can benefit from an improved Edinburgh-Carlisle railway [Transform Scotland] The Scottish Borders are missing out on a thriving tourism economy due to lacking rail infrastructure, Transform Scotland's Paul Tetlaw. (Permalink) Borders Railway Double track Transform Scotland
27/09/2022 Platform removal clears way for double tracking at Cameron Bridge [Network Rail] Work to demolish the old station platforms at Cameron Bridge is now complete. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Double track Levenmouth Line Cameron Bridge: A view of the spoil from the demolition of the older Cameron Bridge station's platform. Network Rail 26/09/2022 Network Rail
04/07/2022 South Lanarkshire Council leader calls for EK dual track rail plans to be saved [Daily Record] Joe Fagan has branded the ditching of 'dualling' plans as 'economic vandalism'. (Permalink) Double track East Kilbride Hairmyres: 156446 forming a Glasgow Central - East Kilbride service on 11 February, photographed on the approach to Hairmyres Station. John Steven 11/02/2010 East Kilbride: The 4-car 16.43 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride service, approaching its destination on 4 April. John Steven 04/04/2009 Thorntonhall: The station building at Thorntonhall in the pouring rain on the morning of 6 May 2007. View towards East Kilbride. John Furnevel 06/05/2007 Daily Record
15/12/2021 Parliament unites over reversal of Lanarkshire rail improvement plans [Daily Record] And there were calls for even more ambitious plans to be put in place. (Permalink) Double Track East Kilbride Electrification Hamilton East Kilbride: 156495 and 156511, on arrival at East Kilbride, with the 12.17 departure from Glasgow Central. Flats occupy the former goods yard. Bill Roberton 22/11/2021 East Kilbride: Ongoing work in February 2013 involving the upgrading of the cycle track which nowadays replaces the the siding that once ran from East Kilbride Station to Mavor and Couson's engineering works at Ners ... John Steven 22/02/2013 East Kilbride: Bridge over the trackbed of the line that once served the Mavor & Coulson works at Nerston, East Kilbride. Photographed in July 2008. Fraser Cochrane 02/07/2008 Daily Record
27/11/2021 Tory MSP to lead debate on 'short-sighted' EK rail line U-turn in Parly [Daily Record] The Scottish Government had promised that the line between East Kilbride and Busby would be dualled [doubled] and electrified. (Permalink) Double Track East Kilbride Hairmyres: Glasgow Central to East Kilbride 156462 approaching Hairmyres station on 9th March 2018. Ian Millar 09/03/2018 East Kilbride: The crew of 156431 changes ends during a short stop at the functional terminus of the East Kilbride line before dropping back down the branch with another service for Glasgow Central. Mark Bartlett 14/04/2011 Thorntonhall: Running approximately 10 minutes late, an East Kilbride - Glasgow Central service passes under the bridge carrying the A726 on the approach to Thorntonhall on 11 February. John Steven 11/02/2010 Daily Record