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The Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme or EGIP was an initiative funded by Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government to increase capacity on the main railway line between Edinburgh and Glasgow, with new, longer electric trains running by 2017 and scheduled for full completion in 2019.[1] It was expected to cost £742 million and delivered by Network Rail.
The programme was initially announced by the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2006,[2] and was continued, although cut back from the original scheme, by the subsequent Scottish National Party governments. It was officially completed on 4 October 2021 with the completion of the redevelopment of the Glasgow Queen Street station.[3][4]
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- ^ "It is surely time to jump-start electrification of our railways". HeraldScotland. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Glasgow Queen Street redevelopment". www.scotrail.co.uk. Scotrail. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "First Minister marks completion of £120m Glasgow Queen Street rebuild". Scottish Construction Now. 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.