22nd November 2022
Writer Andrew Taylor explores how Glasgow can improve its transportation system to better support the city’s students and the environment. Across the UK, ongoing strike action does not seem to be going away anytime soon. Organised by unions and workers, these strikes aim to secure better working conditions and a higher rate of pay in ...
17th January 2022
The first new models of subway trains Glasgow has seen in years will be fully rolled out in 2023. On 4 December, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) began the testing of new trains within the Glasgow Subway. The new, modern Stadler trains will be driven on the tracks of the Subway overnight, before being introduced ...
16th November 2021
Why can we fix public transport for COP26, but not for Glasgow’s residents? While I was driving into the city the other day, I saw a sign above the M8 that read “COP26 IN TOWN. THINK BUS/TRAIN”. There’s a couple of ironies present in that sentence. First, I drove into town and I’m writing an ...
31st October 2021
Subways will begin at 08:00 and run until 22:00 for the next two Sundays while the climate conference takes place in Glasgow. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has extended the timetable of the Glasgow subway service for the duration of the COP26 summit being held in the city from 31 October to 12 November. Subways ...
