- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of constructing Laurencekirk railway station, also expressed at current prices.
Answer
The Laurencekirk Station project cost £3.5 million and was delivered through a successful partnership involving the Scottish Government, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, NESTRANS, Aberdeenshire Council and ScotRail. The Scottish Government does not hold a current price estimate for this project.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a catchment area was established for each of the 24 new or relocated railway stations proposed in the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan 2000 and, if so, what the population is of each catchment area.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37066 on 3 November 2010 All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the contribution to the economy has been of Laurencekirk railway station since its opening and how this compares with the forecast contribution.
Answer
The appraisal for Laurencekirk railway station was prepared by Scott Wilson consultants for Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish Executive. The economic welfare benefits of the station have been estimated at £5 million in 2003 prices, discounted over the 30 year appraisal period. (N.B. since this appraisal was undertaken the standard appraisal period has been extended to 60 years, under which the estimated benefits would be higher). This station has only been open since May of last year and no assessment of its economic contribution has been undertaken by Transport Scotland.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of constructing Larkhall railway station, also expressed at current prices.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37068 on 3 November. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the contribution to the economy has been of Edinburgh Park railway station since its opening and how this compares with the forecast contribution.
Answer
Transport Scotland does not hold information on the forecast economic contribution of Edinburgh Park, Gartcosh, Larkhall, Chatelherault, Kelvindale and Maryhill line railway stations. Please refer to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, the project sponsor for each of these stations apart from Edinburgh Park, for which Network Rail and/or the developer, New Edinburgh Limited should be consulted. No assessment of the economic contribution of these stations has been undertaken by Transport Scotland.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) projected annual use was, (b) actual annual use has been and (c) population of the catchment area is of each station on the Maryhill rail line.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37069 on 3 November 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of constructing Edinburgh Park railway station, also expressed at current prices.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37068 on 3 November 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the forecast contribution to the economy is of each of the new, rebuilt or relocated railway stations on the Airdrie-Bathgate rail line.
Answer
The economic welfare benefits of the new Airdrie-Bathgate line have been estimated at £682.7 million, in 2002 prices discounted over the 60 year appraisal period as standard. At the local level, the line is projected to bring 900 jobs and an additional 1,900 residents to West Lothian, and 400 jobs and 1,000 additional residents to North Lanarkshire (N.B. these are distributional impacts: no net increases were estimated at the Scotland level). The economic contribution of each station has not been separately assessed.
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected monthly passenger use was for Gartcosh railway station; what its actual use has been in each month since its opening, and what the population is of its catchment area.
Answer
Please refer to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, the project sponsor for Gartcosh, Kelvindale, and Maryhill line railway stations. Information relating to the projected monthly passenger use and catchment area populations of these stations is not held by Transport Scotland.
Actual monthly passenger use information is not held by Transport Scotland but by ScotRail. Annual data, typically used in preference to monthly data as it avoids issues relating to seasonality, is publicly available up to 2008-09 via the Office of Rail Regulation website (http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529). The latest available figures show total use (entries and exits) of these stations in 2008-09 as follows:
| Gartcosh | 124,314 |
| Kelvindale | 109,534 |
| Maryhill Line |
| Maryhill | 77,398 |
| Summerston | 118,222 |
| Gilshochill | 102,982 |
| Possilpark and Parkhouse | 106,672 |
| Ashfield | 57,906 |
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) estimated passenger use is for and (b) population is of the catchment area of each new, rebuilt or relocated railway station on the Airdrie-Bathgate railway line.
Answer
The estimated passenger use for stations on the Airdrie-Bathgate railway line is as shown in the following table:
| Forecast annual journeys (˜000s) |
| Uphall | 350-450 |
| Livingston North | 800-900 |
| Bathgate | 1,000-1,200 |
| Armadale | 50-100 |
| Blackridge | 25-50 |
| Caldercruix | 50-100 |
| Drumgelloch | 275-350 |
| Airdrie | 1,100-1,300 |
Information relating to the catchment area population of these stations is not held by Transport Scotland.
