Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme
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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.
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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]