Glasgow Central Railway Station
Glasgow Central 
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 Inside Glasgow Central,
looking northeast across the main hall |
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| Location in the network | Long-distance train station |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 17 (including 2 on the lower level) |
| abbreviation | GLC |
| opening | August 1, 1879 |
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| City / municipality | Glasgow |
| Unitary Authority | Glasgow |
| Part of the country | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 51 '31 " N , 4 ° 15' 28" W |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
Glasgow Central is the larger of the two main railway stations in the British city of Glasgow . It is the largest train station in Scotland and the terminus of the West Coast Main Line . From here long-distance trains run by Virgin Trains and Serco to England . Abellio ScotRail also offers extensive suburban services to the southern suburbs, Ayrshire and Edinburgh .
In the 2004/05 operating year, 29.380 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest station outside of London. Glasgow Central is one of 17 UK railway stations that are not managed by a railway company, but by the infrastructure company Network Rail . The station consists of two parts, a terminal station and an underground through station .
history
The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1879 on the north bank of the River Clyde . He had eight platforms, a four-track bridge over the Clyde made the connection to the former terminus Bridge Street on the south bank. The station soon proved too small, the bridge was widened and a temporary platform was built on it.
On August 10, 1896, the underground Glasgow Central Railway was opened, the station of which is at right angles to the central station and enabled connections in an east-west direction through the southern city center. The new terminus station was built from 1901 to 1905. The eight existing platforms were extended to Argyle Street , and six new ones were built. A new eight-track bridge was built over the Clyde while Bridge Street Station was closed. Robert Rowand Anderson designed the Central Hotel , which forms the northern facade of the station.
The tunnel route of the Glasgow Central Railway was closed due to declining demand in 1959 by British Railways for passenger traffic and closed in 1964 for all traffic. In 1979, it reopened as Argyle Line (after Argyle Street above the line ), for which the steam-powered tunnel stretch was electrified and extensively renovated until it was closed. Scotrail electric railcars operate on the Argyle Line at frequent intervals to the Glasgow Central Low Level tunnel station, connecting it to the suburbs of Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ railscot.co.uk: Glasgow Central Railway retrieved on July 25, 2018
- ↑ railscot.co.uk: Chronology for Glasgow Central Railway retrieved on July 25, 2018