40. The A8 - Edinburgh to Greenock
From The Scottish Roadscast by Scottish Roads Archive
November 14, 2025 · 1h 9m · Episode 76
About this episode
This episode explores the history of the A8 road between Edinburgh and Greenock, highlighting its significance and changes over the decades.
In this episode of the Scottish Roadscast Stuart and John consider the history of the A8 between Edinburgh and Greenock. Once the most important route across Scotland, it's now split into a variety of sections built between the 1920s and the 1980s. This month's "From the Archive" features a government report released in November 1999 entitled "Travel Choices for Scotland". You can follow along as always at scottishroadsarchive.org/roadscast. Released November 2025.
People in this episode
Hosts: Stuart, John
Topics covered
- history
- A8 road
- Scottish transport
- government reports
- Edinburgh to Greenock
Keywords
- A8
- Edinburgh
- Greenock
- Scottish roads
- history
- transport
- government report
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Scottish Roads Archive
Books & works: Travel Choices for Scotland
Places: Edinburgh, Greenock
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