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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-37092

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what capital investment in (a) roads and (b) rail there has been in each year since 1999.

Capital investment in the trunk road and rail networks since 1999 is shown in the following table:

	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
(a) Improving the Road Network	174.0	165.3	164.9	155.8	112.1	138.9	147.1
(b) Rail Infrastructure and Other Transport Programmes*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008- 09	2009-10
	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million	£ million
(a) Improving the Road Network	105.4	177.3	171.7	176.6	284.5
(b) Rail Infrastructure and Other Transport Programmes*	-	515.9	631.2	540.4	536.2

Note: *Responsibility for Rail was devolved to the Scottish Government in 2006.

Question reference: S3W-37091

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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.

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).

Question reference: S3W-37090

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected monthly passenger use was for Kelvindale railway station; what its actual use has been in each month since its opening, and what the population is of its catchment area.

Question reference: S3W-37089

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected monthly passenger use was for Chatelherault railway station; what its actual use has been in each month since its opening, and what the population is of its catchment area.

Annual station usage at Chatelherault 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	36,779	38,251	39,781	41,372	43,027	44,748	46,538	48,399

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 Chatelherault (entries and exits) as 40,958 in 2008-09. Information relating to the catchment area population of Chatelherault is not held by Transport Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-37088

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-37087

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-37086

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) estimated passenger use is for and (b) population is of the catchment area of each new, rebuilt or relocated railway station on the Airdrie-Bathgate railway line.

The estimated passenger use for stations on the Airdrie-Bathgate railway line is as shown in the following table:

Forecast annual journeys (˜000s)
Uphall	350-450
Livingston North	800-900
Bathgate	1,000-1,200
Armadale	50-100
Blackridge	25-50
Caldercruix	50-100
Drumgelloch	275-350
Airdrie	1,100-1,300

Information relating to the catchment area population of these stations is not held by Transport Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-37085

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of constructing Laurencekirk railway station, also expressed at current prices.

Question reference: S3W-37084

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of constructing Kelvindale railway station, also expressed at current prices.

Question reference: S3W-37083

Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2010
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of constructing Chatelherault railway station, also expressed at current prices.