ContactFor further information on Clyde Fastlink, please contact: Director of Land Services

Glasgow City Council

20 Cadogan Street

Glasgow G2 7AD

Email: clydefastlink@land.glasgow.gov.uk

Website: www.glasgow.gov.uk

Clyde Fastlink... connecting Glasgow

NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR GLASGOWfaster, reliable travel for the Clyde Corridor

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Who Will Benefi t?What is Clyde Fastlink? This service will offer state-of-the-art travel through tram like road vehicles and has been designed to provide better, safer and more reliable travel.

Clyde Fastlink has been designed to ease congestion at key locations in the City and will operate at six minute internals, seven days a week. The vehicles themselves will offer level boarding and will run without the need for rails or tracks. Introduction of Conductors is being considered to provide customer support and minimise delays. A fi rst for Glasgow, the vehicles will run on a dedicated roadway from Glasgow Harbour to the east end of Broomielaw and onwards to Central Station, thereby ensuring a speedier delivery of service and minimal planning disruption.

To ensure prompt, punctual and reliable journey times, the Clyde Fastlink service will not only run on a dedicated roadway for most of the route but will be backed up by the latest traffi c control systems. Priority signaling will ensure passengers bypass congestion in the city centre and at key locations on the route, and real time information will keep passengers informed of actual vehicle arrival times.

Key Benefi ts

• Better public transport through improved services and dedicated roadways

• Increased accessibility along Clyde Corridor

• Better co-ordination between other public transport services and real time information

• Higher passenger carrying capacity

• Shorter, more reliable journey times and services - vehicles every six minutes

• Reduced environmental impacts from traffi c

• New state-of-the-art vehicles using clean fuel technology giving low emissions and low noise

• Level boarding ensuring ease of access and mobility

• Modern shelters

• Modifi ed road junctions to include traffi c control

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Consultation process

Planning stages: design & route development

Proposed route and plans submitted for approval

Decision expected Summer

Contract awarded

Construction starts early 2007

System operational late 2007

Indicative Project Timeline

The Clyde waterfront has undergone a massive transformation in recent years with £80m of investment underway or completed in the last 12 months, and the private and public sector investment in the Clyde Corridor over the next 10 years expected to reach £2.8 billion. Glasgow City Council are fully committed to this process and have set up Glasgow Clyde Regeneration Ltd to deliver regeneration projects on the Clyde waterfront.

These developments will dramatically change the skyline and will place greater pressure on our roads and transport services. New transport infrastructure is therefore required to serve the development proposals. Two new road and pedestrian bridges across the Clyde at Finnieston/Govan and Broomielaw/Tradeston costing around £50 million will soon be constructed, with plans for other river crossings, transport links and river pontoons being considered, all of which will greatly support regeneration of the Clyde waterfront.

In particular, to help tackle increased traffi c congestion and pollution in the city centre and provide better access to the new employment, leisure and retail facilities on the Clyde Corridor, Glasgow City Council has drawn up proposals for an innovative public transport system which will connect the city centre to the waterfront.

Clyde Fastlink will make a real difference to people living, working and visiting the City and will protect our environment by reducing the number of cars on the road and air pollution. Combined with the existing and proposed transport infrastructure it will give Glasgow an integrated transport system befi tting its metropolitan nature.

Local Clyde residents 46,000

Visitors to Clyde Corridor 2.5 million

Developments in the Clyde Corridor 81

Statement by Councillor

Craig RobertonChairman of GlasgowClyde Regeneration Ltd

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Media Village

Finnieston Crane

Partick Interchange

BBC Buildings

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Transport Museum

© Copyright Glasgow City Council 2005 Proposed developments shown may not have fi nal approval

Proposed Partick station development

Springfi eld Quay

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1 Argyle Street (Glasgow Central) 2 Clyde Street (Riverboat Stop) 3 Broomielaw (IFSD) 4 Anderson Quay 5 Lancefi eld Quay 6 The Armadillo (SECC)

6A SECC East 7 SECC West 8 Transport Museum 9 Glasgow Harbour (Partick) 10 Castlebank Street 11 Western Terminus

1 Argyle Street (Glasgow Central) 2 Clyde Street (Riverboat Stop) 3 Broomielaw (IFSD) 4 Anderson Quay 5 Lancefi eld Quay 6 The Armadillo (SECC)

6A SECC East 7 SECC West 8 Transport Museum 9 Glasgow Harbour (Partick) 10 Castlebank Street 11 Western Terminus

6A SECC East

9 Glasgow Harbour (Partick)

11 Western Terminus Clyde Fastlink Route

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Clyde Ferry Route Clyde Pontoon Railway Station

Subway Stop Bus Terminal Pedestrian Bridge