Concerns have been raised that Glasgow has 'fallen behind' in terms of transport investment with the news that London's newest underground line is costing over 80 times more than what the Glasgow Subway would have cost to build today.
Transport for London announced recently that the total cost for the new flagship Crossrail project - aka the Elizabeth Line - has risen to £18.9 billion from an initial budget of £14.8 billion when construction began way back in 2009.
By comparison, the final bill for the Glasgow Subway was £1.5m when it opened after five years of construction in 1896, which is the the equivalent of around £212m in today's money taking into account inflation - or 89 times less than the Elizabeth Line.
