First ScotRail was a train operating company in Scotland owned by FirstGroup. It operated the ScotRail franchise between October 2004 and March 2015.
Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester,in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester,England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842,it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of the city centre,it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London,Birmingham,Nottingham,Glasgow,Edinburgh,Cardiff,Bristol,Exeter,Plymouth,Reading,Southampton and Bournemouth;regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool,Leeds,Sheffield,Newcastle and York;and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms:12 terminal and two through platforms. Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh,Scotland,operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is an 18.5-kilometre (11.5 mi) line between Newhaven and Edinburgh Airport,with 23 stops.
Edinburgh Waverley is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh,Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland,after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line,393 miles 13 chains from London King's Cross,although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh City Bypass,designated as A720,is one of the most important trunk roads in Scotland. Circling around the south of Edinburgh,as the equivalent of a ring road for the coastal city,it links together the A1 towards north-east England,the A702 towards north-west England,the M8 through the Central Belt towards Glasgow,the A7 through south-east Scotland and north-west England as well as the A8 leading to the M9 for Stirling and the Queensferry Crossing.
The city of Glasgow,Scotland,has a transport system encompassing air,rail,road and an underground light metro line. Prior to 1962,the city was also served by trams. Commuters travelling into Glasgow from the neighbouring local authorities of North and South Lanarkshire,Renfrewshire,East Renfrewshire,and East and West Dunbartonshire have a major influence on travel patterns,with tens of thousands of residents commuting into the city each day. The most popular mode of transport in the city is the car,used by two-thirds of people for journeys around the city.
Haymarket railway station is the second largest railway station in Edinburgh,Scotland,after Waverley railway station.
Edinburgh Park is an out-of-town business park in South Gyle,Edinburgh,Scotland. It is west of the city,near Edinburgh Airport and adjacent to the Edinburgh City Bypass. It was opened in 1995. The layout of the park was masterplanned by American architect Richard Meier. The park has a bar/grill,nursery,and several sculptures,including busts of famous Scottish poets.
The Fife Circle Line is the local rail service north from Edinburgh. It links towns of south Fife and the coastal towns along the Firth of Forth before heading to Edinburgh. Operationally,the service is not strictly a circle route,but,rather,a point to point service that reverses at the Edinburgh end,and has a large bi-directional balloon loop at the Fife end.
Manchester Airport station is a railway,tram,bus and coach station at Manchester Airport,England which opened at the same time as the second air terminal in 1993. The station is 9+3⁄4 miles (15.7 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly,at the end of a short branch from the Styal line via a triangular junction between Heald Green and Styal stations. Manchester Metrolink tram services were extended to the airport in 2014 and operate to Manchester Victoria.
Transport in Scotland is facilitated by road,rail,air and water networks. The Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament has control over most elements of transport policy within Scotland,with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport holding portfolio responsibility within the Scottish Government. Transport Scotland is the Executive Agency responsible for the Scottish transport network.
South Gyle is an area of Edinburgh,Scotland,lying on the western edge of the city and to the south and west of an area of former marshland once known as the Gogarloch,on the edge of Corstorphine. Most of the buildings in the area are of recent origin,dating from the later 1980s,1990s,and early 21st century,with the exception of some farm workers' cottages and an early 1970s council estate abutting South Gyle railway station.
Edinburgh Park railway station is a railway station in the west of Edinburgh,Scotland,serving the Edinburgh Park business park and the Hermiston Gait shopping centre. The new station building was designed by IDP Architects,and it opened on 4 December 2003. It is the first intermediate station between Haymarket and Linlithgow since 1951. Ticket barriers came into use on 25 March 2015.
Edinburgh is a major transport hub in east central Scotland and is at the centre of a multi-modal transport network with road,rail and air communications connecting the city with the rest of Scotland and internationally.
Gogar is a predominantly rural area of Edinburgh,Scotland,located to the west of the city. It is not far from Gogarloch,Edinburgh Park and Maybury. The Fife Circle Line is to the north.
The Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) was a proposed rail link to Edinburgh Airport,Scotland. The project was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2007,but following a change of government,was cancelled in September 2007 on the grounds of cost.
The Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) is a proposed link between Glasgow City Centre and Glasgow Airport. The original plans for an airport rail link were proposed during the 2000s to directly link Glasgow Central station with Glasgow Airport in Scotland. The link was intended for completion by 2013 and would have had a service of four trains per hour via Paisley Gilmour Street railway station.
Urban andsuburban rail plays a key role in public transport in many of the major cities of the United Kingdom. Urban rail refers to the train service between city centres and suburbs or nearby towns that acts as a main mode of transport for travellers on a daily basis. They consist of several railway lines connecting city centre stations of major cities to suburbs and surrounding towns.
The Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme or EGIP was an initiative funded by Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government to increase capacity on the main railway line between Edinburgh and Glasgow,with new,longer electric trains running by 2017 and scheduled for full completion in 2019. It was expected to cost £742 million and delivered by Network Rail.
Various studies,from 1989 onwards,considered the reintroduction of trams to Edinburgh. In 2001,a proposal for a new Edinburgh Trams network envisaged three routes across the city,Lines 1,2 and 3. Line 1 was a circular route running around the northern suburbs,with the other two forming radial lines running out to Newbridge in the west and to Newcraighall in the south respectively. All lines would run through the city centre.
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