PLANS to spend £300 million modernising the Glasgow Subway should be "rationally reassessed", and authorities should consider closing under-used stations and even a complete shutdown of the network, one of the UK's leading urban transport experts has claimed.
PLANS to spend £300 million modernising the Glasgow Subway should be \"rationally reassessed\", and authorities should consider closing under-used stations and even a complete shutdown of the network, one of the UK's leading urban transport experts has claimed.
Glasgow's underground rail network has suffered from changes to the cityscape Photograph: Martin Shields
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Expert says rail network should be reassessed. By Colin Donald
Peter White, professor of public transport systems at the University of Westminster, told the Sunday Herald that there is a case for a "rational reassessment" of the 117-year old network, and that a "fundamental reappraisal" of such a "low-usage" system is a "sensible thing to do."
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