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Article: Late-night train plan to forge Glasgow-Edinburgh link TRANSPORT: EAST- WEST DIVIDE Connections tsar puts better rail service at heart of cities' collaboration project
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- July 30, 2006
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ROUND-the-clock train services between Edinburgh and Glasgow are
to be one of the top priorities for the new cities connectivity chief
Laura Gordon.
The 40-year-old, who was appointed director of the Glasgow-
Edinburgh Collaboration Project last week, said the lack of services
after 11.30pm was stifling tourism and the arts, as visitors and arts
enthusiasts either cannot attend evening events or have to leave
events early to avoid being stranded.
Transport is one of three strategy areas that Gordon will work on
over the next two years in order to bring Glasgow and Edinburgh
closer economically and culturally.
She said: "The cities are so close together it should be much
easier to have ...