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'Good point re' width restrictions of lower deck ie curved station platforms require a clearance thus narrowing seating configurations by 1-abreast. I've imagined an upstairs seating configuration of 3-abreast with sunken side passageways. Undecided would this work with arched train roofs, as...

Cascading retired Double-Deck stock/fleet to other UK operators would be restrictive, given how only a selection of routes are sufficiently gauge-cleared. But exporting the wagons needn't pose the same challenge as UK track-gauge is common to some mainland operations. Channel Tunnel headroom...

Add to that Edinburgh-Glasgow Line a NNE-SSW spur connecting with East Kilbride's (currently) disused eastern solum. 'Plenty of undeveloped land between Nerston, Newton and Uddingston to route this 2-3 mile link which would also bisect the Motherwell, Hamilton & Larkhall route.

Yes, on 'home soil' bi-level Rolling Stock would be 'captive to set routes' and couldn't later easily be cascaded to other UK operators. But as some other nations share our track guage (ie 4.85m), inc' the Channel Tunnel, exporting the trains needn't involve costly shipping.

I accept that the Hamilton swathes of this disused line may be beyond economic reopening partly given how it's original use wasn't for the carriage of passengers anyway and also that the (embanked) A749 Glasgow Road & Whirlies Bypass both lie in the way. I have since come to concede an...

Go to the top of the class with reconnection to Hillfoots. It'd relieve the already overworked Forth Bridge of Stirling-Fife traffic inc' freight. 1748100720 Trivia (& apologies if passed & posted already). Given the nos that commute from East Kilbride to Edinburgh (or @ least Livingstone)...

All Rolling Stock has to be capable of being cascaded to other regions (Electric Stock v Unelectrified Routes aside) otherwise no train operator would buy or lease the fleet. That said, Double Deck Trains need only be Full-Electrification away from being admitted to any of the UK Rail...

Misgivings appear to be expressed re' the suitability of this line for incorporation into Glasgow Crossrail. I accept that a speed limit of 15mph may constrain certain train movements. But were a (somewhat spread-out) station to be sited between King St & Bridgegate, reutilising the severed...

Even with a width reduction below platform-height to (say) 2+1 abreast, and with standing capacity minimally compromised, 3 abreast upstairs with sunken side aisles needn't pose too modest a gain to be worth the investment. Ideally the lower deck would be slope-accessed from end doors and...

Some routes (eg Trans-Pennine, Felixstowe--Nuneaton etc) have been considered for Double-Stacked Container Freight. Whilst these can be partly unloaded in the event of emergency line-closures, the Rail Regulator won't entertain Rolling Stock that is captive to selected routes and not even...

Given that Progress Status of UK-wide electrification works have remained at 38% indefinitely, I'm not holding out for completion anytime soon.

There'd still be scope to interlace the decks lest the need for 2-fold 2m headroom. 3-abreast upstairs with 2 side-aisles need not compromise the lower-deck's Standing Capacity much. OK, ramped access to lower deck via end-doors, coupled with stepped access from a central door, need not...

Yes, Projects Running Over-budget is no new found phenomenon nor is for Contractors to dissolve mid-project. But is there no type of Indemnity (eg Insurance Policy) that can be entered into for an agreed fee/premium?

I would imagine that train 'wheelsets (ie one-piece axle-wheel assemblies)' could be designed as compatible with two or more gauges provided that rails themselves are clear of each other and don't overlap. Other nations do it.

I like the idea, as do I also that of linking Scotland's (minimally distanced from the mainland) Hebbridean Isles. Yet my hopes of HS4 being prioritised over other projects are cautious.

Taking 3' 6"+ above track-level (720--960mm & POSS' the former alluding to step-framed wagons), W12 containers measure at 9' 6" height & width.

Am I correct in perceiving that the electrified network (OHLE not 3rd rail) comprises surplus headroom beyond safe-arcing-distance? Further to this I would ask something. That is (1) were all the Diesel-only routes gauge-cleared would (2) W12 Container Freight and minimally taller...

PS 'Correction ie Christina McKelvie, not Linda Fabianni. 'Welcome her aspirations to have Lesmahagow reconnected yet the Stagecoach X74 ('Citylink?) currently links the Star truck-stop with Buchanan Bus Stn.

Although not quite cities ie Port Glasgow, Greenock and Gourock, would reconnecting those towns to Kilmacolm and beyond (ie north-eastwards) not bolster support for currently campaigned for Glasgow-Kilmacolm rail revival?

I read with interest MSP Linda Fabianni's support for extending newly reopened Larkhall Rail Link, esp' with as few CPO-notices as possible being served on conflicting landowners. Anyhow I'm convinced of Stonehouse, Strathaven and beyond having sufficient Economic Ties with Ayrshire to warrant...