Glasgow Visit
Last Thursday I met Cllr Steven Purcell, leader of Glasgow City Council.
We agreed that it would be very much to our benefit to market our Cities together for inward investment from down south and abroad. We also committed to prioritise improving the rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I struggle to see why this can’t be done. In 1991 an experiment was carried out using present rolling stock and a clear track. The journey time was reduced to 32 minutes. So half hour times even then were technically possible. But yet the answers we get are always about the technical problems.
There is no doubt in my mind that we need something of a culture change not just in the railways but in all our public services to much more of a “can do” attitude. Debates like this should begin with “what’s the solution” rather than “what’s the problem”, and then work backwards to implementation.
We agreed that it would be very much to our benefit to market our Cities together for inward investment from down south and abroad. We also committed to prioritise improving the rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I struggle to see why this can’t be done. In 1991 an experiment was carried out using present rolling stock and a clear track. The journey time was reduced to 32 minutes. So half hour times even then were technically possible. But yet the answers we get are always about the technical problems.
There is no doubt in my mind that we need something of a culture change not just in the railways but in all our public services to much more of a “can do” attitude. Debates like this should begin with “what’s the solution” rather than “what’s the problem”, and then work backwards to implementation.
posted by Councillor Ewan Aitken at
5:19 pm
