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Valerie Davidson chief executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport SPT talks about the Subway and bus and improving how we get around efficiently and affordably.
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Operators SPT say its new trains need to complete 2,000 miles of fault-free running in the system.
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Glasgow needs a public transport service that serves the needs of the city centre that involves trains and subway as well as buses, Susan Aitken has said.
(Permalink) Buses Glasgow Glasgow District Subway Night Public Transport SPT  Glasgow Central: 380111 waits at Glasgow Central, platform 7, with a Cathcart Circle service on 18 January 2022.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
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New trains are to undergo 'fault-free' run testing during the planned closures as part of the system's £288m modernisation.
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Last week Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) announced more than half a million pounds of funding for local travel projects across Dumbarton, Alexandria and Helensburgh.
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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is joining forces with British Transport Police (BTP) to promote the Railway Guardian App, designed to improve reporting of concerns and incidents on the Subway and rail network throughout Scotland.
The Railway Guardian App was initially launched last year as part of BTPs #SpeakUpInterrupt campaign which aims to tackle violence and discrimination against women and girls while travelling. (Permalink) Railway Guardian App SPT |
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SPT has announced a series of upcoming closures as the Subway in Glasgow is modernised.
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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) will not increase Subway fares in January 2023 as originally planned. This is in light of the continuing positive growth in patronage, which has seen passenger numbers return to the Subway at more than 90% pre-COVID figures. The decision also takes in to account the ongoing cost of living crisis affecting many Subway users.
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Seven of the 17 new trains are currently undergoing various stages of a strict and intensive testing regime in the city.
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Publicly-owned bus services, supporting a Clyde Metro and reducing the impact of the M8 are among the pledges made by political groups in Glasgow.
(Permalink) Blochairn Cathcart Circle Clyde Metro Finnieston Glasgow District Subway Ibrox New station Parkhead Politics SPT |
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Regional transport body Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has invested more than £125 million in Glasgow in the past five years, a new report has revealed.
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SPT has warned it could lose up to £3 million a year if young people move to use the bus instead of the Subway.
(Permalink) Glasgow District Subway SPT  Buchanan Street [Subway]: An Inner Circle train calls at Buchanan Street on Saturday morning, 19 October 2019. Note the unusual platform arrangement, seen at two other Subway stations whereby trains in opposite directions boar ...  Buchanan Street [Subway]: Security bollards in place around the Buchanan Street Subway entrance on 11 June 2010. |
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Glasgow's infrastructure - including the underground and train network - has been put on high alert by police and security experts.
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Gordon Maclennan who quit as chief executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) after we exposed him for driving an illegal cloned car personally negotiated the payment to Spanish firm CAF.
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A Glasgowtransport boss has quit his postjust days after he was suspended amid claims he drove a car with a cloned number plate.
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The city council's SNP group said 'urgent discussion' is needed on 'the purpose of SPT', while the company stressed it was proud of the work it did keeping people connected.
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The head of Glasgow's subway operator has said commuters in the West of Scotland are still likely to face service cuts despite the approval of a £9 million government rescue package. Transport Secretary Michael Matheson announced that financial support will be put place for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Edinburgh Trams from July to the end of September to ensure services can continue to run in the face of a continued decline in passengers.
(Permalink) Glasgow Subway SPT  Bridge Street [Subway]: Bridge Street Subway station isn't in Bridge Street and had no
interchange with the surface station of the same name. It does however have good connections with buses coming in from the South Side ... |
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Glasgow's Subway is to get a share of a £9 million emergency fund after its operators warned the future of the service was in doubt due to Covid passenger losses.
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The Scottish Government announced the funding which will last until the end of September.
(Permalink) Covid-19 Edinburgh Trams Glasgow Subway SPT  Balgreen [Tram]: Edinburgh Tram 276 heads towards Balgreen and the city centre on 4 March, passing between Carrickknowe Golf Course and the E & G/Fife main lines.  Broomloan Depot [Subway]: A 3-car Subway train in SPT livery standing at the depot in Govan in April 2008. |
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Subway staff say the company's policy on passenger masks is 'impossible to enforce' - and have suggested those flouting it should face an immediate travel ban.
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Glasgow's Subway operator has warned it may be forced to drastically reduce services permanently without urgent Government aid as it battlesa deficit of up to £20million in passenger losses.
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The Glasgow Subway will close for a weekend in July to allow essential upgrade works.
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The head of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has said closing the Subway is not on the table despite estimated lockdown passenger losses of up to £20million.
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The transport authority that runs Glasgow's Subway has warned it is facing a shortfall of up to £20 million caused byheavy passenger losses during the pandemic lockdown.
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 Buchanan Street [Subway]: The ticket hall of the Glasgow District Subway station at Buchanan Street, the busiest station on the system, photographed on 11 September 2010. |
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Transport bosses have taken the decision to close the Subway in Glasgow from 9pm each night to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
The underground system is still running a daily eight-minute service but will stop at 9pm Monday to Saturday after the last train leaves the St Enoch station in the city centre. Glasgow Subway normally operates from 6.30am until 11.40pm, but these hours have now been reduced. (Permalink) Covid-19 SPT Buchanan Street [Subway]: An Inner Circle train calls at Buchanan Street on Saturday morning, 19 October 2019. Note the unusual platform arrangement, seen at two other Subway stations whereby trains in opposite directions boar ...  Kelvinhall [Subway]: Dilemma! Entrance to Kelvinhall station on the Glasgow Subway (errr... on the right).  Kelvinbridge [Subway]: Oh dear...! Pondering the descent into Kelvinbridge Subway from Great Western Road on a Monday morning in August 2006. See image [[4714]] |
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Introduction of the UKs first trains with no staff on board faces an 18-month hold- up because of the Glasgow Subways Victorian tunnels.
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Glasgow Subway is closing for four weeks while modernisation work is carried out.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said all services would be suspended from 2 July. They are due to resume on 1 August. A replacement bus service is being provided for passengers during the closure. It will follow the subway route, with additional direct services to the city centre operating from key stations. (Permalink) Glasgow Subway SPT  [NA]: The maroon upholstery and orange grab-poles of this Glasgow Subway car give it away as one of the central trailer cars introduced in 1992 to make all trains three cars long (and filling the platforms) ...  Shields Road [Subway]: An outer circle train leaves Shields Road in February 2010. Kelvinbridge [Subway]: Oh dear...! Pondering the descent into Kelvinbridge Subway from Great Western Road on a Monday morning in August 2006. See image [[4714]] |
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