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Clyde Fastlink is a high frequency bus rapid transit system in Glasgow, Scotland.The system was designed to provide greater connectivity and faster journey times between Glasgow City Centre and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Govan, as well as to several other key developments along the north and south banks of the Clyde Waterfront.
The Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE), formerly the municipal transport operator, is now privately owned by First Glasgow. The largest bus operators in the City are: First Glasgow – the successors to the former Glasgow Corporation Transport Department, and the former Central and Kelvin subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus ...
It is the biggest bus station in Scotland, [citation needed] with around 1,700 bus journeys departing from the station every day, with over 40,000 passengers using these journeys on a daily basis. It is within walking distance of Glasgow Queen Street railway station and Cowcaddens and Buchanan Street subway stations.
Glasgow's Subway is one of the four underground urban rail networks in the UK (the others being in London, Newcastle and Liverpool). Edinburgh has a tramway to and from the airport. On 1 January 2006, Transport Scotland was established, which would oversee the regulation of railways in Scotland and administer major rail projects. [ 10 ]
The company's current head office is at Buchanan bus station in Glasgow, where many of its services start and terminate. Citylink itself does not operate or own buses in its own right, although one owned and operated by Stagecoach West Scotland carries CityLink accreditation to satisfy licensing conditions. [ 15 ]
A First Glasgow Volvo Ailsa B55 in Bridgeton in 2005. First Glasgow was created through FirstGroup's buyout of Strathclyde Buses (created from the former Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive bus fleet, formerly the municipal Glasgow Corporation Transport), which had itself recently bought out the former Kelvin Central Buses (an amalgamation of Kelvin Scottish and Central Scottish ...
In April 2017, First stated that passenger figures were low and that operating the bus was losing the company around £1,100 per week. [4] From August onward, the route was supported by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. [5] Since August 2020, operation of the route has been subcontracted to Craigs of Cumbernauld. [6]
Route M3 is a bus route in Glasgow. It runs from Milton to the city centre via Springburn and Stobhill Hospital. [1] It is operated commercially by First Glasgow. [2] The service was formerly numbered 3. [3] In October 2015, the frequency of the route was reduced to hourly. [4] In January 2020, the route began being operated by electric buses.