{"id":784170,"date":"2026-09-27T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784170\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:38:08","slug":"new-barrhead-railway-station-welcomes-first-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784170\/","title":{"rendered":"New Barrhead railway station welcomes first passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An 80-space car park with electric vehicle charging points has been created alongside the station, while new walking routes link to homes and local paths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Liam Sumpter, managing director of Network Rail Scotland, said the new station would make &#8220;a real difference to everyday life&#8221; for locals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The community has been at the heart of this project in the lead up to opening day, and we hope Balgray continues to be a valued part of the area for years to come, helping people connect with the places and opportunities that matter most to them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joanne Maguire, ScotRail&#8217;s managing director, said the station will make it easier for people to travel for work and leisure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It will play an important part in encouraging more people to choose rail, as an alternative to travelling by car, helping to reduce congestion on our roads,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Balgray is a great example of how investment in the railway can better connect growing communities and we&#8217;re proud to be a part of delivering a station what will serve this area for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 80-space car park with electric vehicle charging points has been created alongside the station, while new walking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-784170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}