Rail links between two Lanarkshire areas could be improved after a plea from local politicians to the government's transport minister.

Jenny Gilruth has asked Transport Scotland to raise an ongoing local rail issue with Scotrail and SPT regarding a direct train service from Newton to Uddingston.

There are currently no direct services between the two stations, despite a rail line running by both stations.
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P6 children at St Charles Primary have been out meeting their community as part of the project.
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The brother of a train driver killed in Scotland's worst train crash for three decades and who had followed him into the railways today laid a wreath to mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster.
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It was the horrific head-on rail crash in which four people died which led to safety improvements across the country.
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On Sunday, 21 July 1991, at 21.55, two trains crashed on a single track at a junction just west of Newton railway station in Cambuslang, near Glasgow.

The collision killed the two drivers and two passengers and injured 22 more people.

Today, (Wednesday, 21 July), a short commemoration service at Newton station took place, led by Railway Chaplain, Graham Whitehead. Stuart Scott, brother of driver David Scott who was killed, also said a few words.
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Multiple train routes from Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central are seeing 'major disruptions' due to the snow.
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Pigeons who were trapped under a bridge at a Glasgow train station have been described as a traumatising sight by a father.
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