by dave2 » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:46 pm
Indeed, the train services in Edinburgh are poor, but the problems seem to relate to the lack of track capacity between Haymarket and Waverley - the last "study" of reopening the Southern Suburban line and the Abbeyhill lopp down to Leith rejected these options because they would take you into Waverley or Haymarket but not between.
ALso, the council obsession with Trams means that other forms of transport - rail links, ferry to Kirkcaldy get less attention than maybe they should.
For example only GNER and Virgin call at Dunbar, but it is in Scotland so why do Scotrail not run a comuter service in from Dunbar. Improved rail links in Edinburgh, and improved bus servcies in Glasgow - is it too much to ask of Transport Scotland now it has offices in both cities? It would cost a lot less than a bullet train between the two.
Maybe even changing the North Berwick - Central trains into alternate North Berwick - Queen St, and Dunbar - Central, then Dunbar - Queen St and North Berwick - Central. With imaginatiev timetabling, the trains to Queen St would just be an entension of one of the 15 minute shuttles, but would calkl at stops before Edinburgh, thus making East Lothian commutable to Glasgow, and also giving improved transport links to the East Lothian area.