- 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 estimated cost is for each new, rebuilt or relocated railway station on the Airdrie-Bathgate line.
Answer
The fixed price to be paid by the Scottish Government to Network Rail for the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link Project was determined by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) at £312 million at the price level in quarter one, 2006. This determination included the cost of upgrading the line between Edinburgh and Bathgate. It did not break down construction costs for each of the stations.
Transport Scotland''s (TS) assessment of station costs, which informed the TS submission to the ORR prior to its price determination is as follows:
| Station | Cost (£ million) |
| Bathgate | 4.1 to 4.8 |
| Armadale | 2.9 to 3.4 |
| Caldercruix | 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Drumgelloch | 3.4 to 3.9 |
| Airdrie | 2.1 to 2.5 |
Blackridge was not included in the original ORR determination. The cost of this variation is estimated at £3.2 million which included a contribution from West Lothian Council.
- 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 cost 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 cost of each would be at current prices.
Answer
Publication of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan in 2000 preceded the transfer of responsibility for rail strategy and funding to Scottish Ministers.
It is therefore not known whether, or to what extent, the costs, catchment areas and populations relating to these new or relocated stations were established at the time.
However, this information may be available from the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority, the successor authority to the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Joint Structure Plan Committee.
- 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 each railway station on the Maryhill line since its opening and how this compares with the forecast contribution.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37071 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 projected monthly passenger use was for Edinburgh Park railway station; what its actual use has been in each month since its opening, and what the population is of its catchment area.
Answer
Annual station usage at Edinburgh Park railway station was estimated as per the following table:
| | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Forecast Station Demand | 132,670 | 170,575 | 189,528 | 199,321 | 209,619 | 220,450 |
Transport Scotland hold this information as part of an evaluation undertaken with and led by the Department for Transport into demand forecasting for new railway stations and lines which will be published in late 2010 early 2011. 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 figure shows total use of Edinburgh Park (entries and exits) as 434,244 in 2008-09. Information relating to the catchment area population of Edinburgh Park is not held 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 projected monthly passenger use was for Laurencekirk railway station; what its actual use has been in each month since its opening, and what the population is of its catchment area.
Answer
The appraisal of Laurencekirk railway station, undertaken by Scott Wilson Consultants for Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish Executive, estimated that around 36,000 annual trips would be made to and from this station. From its opening in May 2009 to March 2010, 52,369 passenger journeys were made. This data was supplied to Transport Scotland by ScotRail. Monthly passenger data is not held by Transport Scotland. In future, annual data, typically used in preference to monthly data as it avoids issues relating to seasonality, will be publicly available for this station via the Office of Rail Regulation website:
http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529.
Information relating to the current catchment area population of this station is not held by Transport Scotland, though the appraisal reported a resident population of approximately 2,800 in the township and rail potential hinterland, with 4,700 in the surrounding Mearns of Aberdeenshire (National Census Data, ONS, 2002).
- 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 projected monthly passenger use was for Larkhall railway station; what its actual use has been in each month since its opening, and what the population is of its catchment area.
Answer
Annual station usage at Larkhall railway station was estimated as per the following table:
| | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 |
| Forecast Station Demand | 210,492 | 218,912 | 227,668 | 236,775 | 246,246 | 256,096 | 266,339 | 276,993 |
Transport Scotland hold this information as part of an evaluation undertaken with and led by the Department for Transport into demand forecasting for new railway stations and lines which will be published in late 2010 / early 2011. 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 figure shows total use of Larkhall (entries and exits) as 334,438 in 2008-09. Information relating to the catchment area population of Larkhall is not held 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 Gartcosh railway station, also expressed at current prices.
Answer
Information relating to the construction costs of Gartcosh, Edinburgh Park, Larkhall, Chatelherault, Kelvindale and Maryhill line railway stations is not held by Transport Scotland. 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.
- 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 Gartcosh railway station since its opening and how this compares with the forecast contribution.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-37071 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.
