Glasgow Queen Street Railway Station
| Glasgow Queen Street | |
|---|---|
 Entrance hall of the train station
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| Data | |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 7 above ground
2 underground |
| abbreviation | GLQ |
| IBNR | 7000920 |
| opening | 1842 above ground
1886 underground |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Glasgow |
| Unitary Authority | Glasgow |
| Part of the country | Scotland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 51 '44 " N , 4 ° 15' 4" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
The Glasgow Queen Street Station is the smaller of the two main stations of Glasgow . It is the third busiest train station in Scotland after Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley . It consists of two parts, the above-ground terminal station and an underground through station. It is connected to Buchanan Street station on the Glasgow Subway via a pedestrian tunnel .
History and description
Terminus
The above-ground terminus is called Queen Street High Level to distinguish it from the underground through station .
Opened on February 18, 1842, the station was originally built for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , later joining the North British Railway . The incline to the Cowlairs district, which begins at the east head of the station and is located in the 914 meter long Queen Street Tunnel, was problematic . The uphill trains were pulled by cables that were moved by a stationary winch . Trains going downhill were preceded by special brake trucks. This procedure was retained until the steam locomotives were replaced by diesel vehicles.
The station was modernized in the early 1960s. It has seven tracks. The station has been electrified since November 2017, and electric trains have been serving the connection between Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley station via Falkirk since the timetable change in December 2017 .
Through station
The through station Queen Street Low Level is built underground at an angle of 90 ° to the above-ground station under its south head. It is on the North Clyde Line , the northern of the city's two underground west-east cross-city lines, of which the southern ( Argyle Line ) leads to Glasgow Central station.
The Queen Street Low Level station was opened in 1886. It was originally four-track with two side platforms and a central platform. In the course of the electrification of the line in 1960, it was dismantled on two side platforms on two tracks.
traffic
Trains to Edinburgh and the north of the Central Belt run from the above-ground Queen Street High Level terminus . All long-distance trains to northern Scotland also start there, while Glasgow Central handles long-distance services to southern Scotland and England. ScotRail is the only rail company to serve the station.
Local trains run from the Low Level to the Firth of Clyde in the west and to Springburn and Edinburgh in the east. Since September 2014 the Caledonian Sleeper London King's Cross – Fort William has been stopping at Queen Street Low Level, but only for boarding in order to create another direct connection Glasgow Queen Street – Fort William.
outlook
A connection between Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street has been discussed for some time, but their above-ground stations are diagonally opposite each other. The underground entrances to the two through stations run parallel to each other.
The underground station will be an important part of the Glasgow Crossrail project , so that trains from southern Scotland can also enter the station.
Others
From 1849 to 1966, the Buchanan Street Station of the rival Caledonian Railway Company existed parallel to Queen Street Station (from 1923: London, Midland and Scottish Railway ). After that, all trains from Buchanan Street, namely long-distance services to Perth , Stirling and Aberdeen in Northern Scotland, were relocated to Queen Street. The Queen Street and Buchanan Street stations were to give way to a projected new station, which was not realized.
Web links
- Queen Street Station at urbanglasgow.co.uk, with historical photos and track plans
gallery
Access structure in 2007
Station concourse with road bridge in front, 2007
Northern station head and tunnel mouth with class 27 diesel locomotive, 1982
Train entering the Queen Street Tunnel , 2012
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Glasgow Queen Street Station to close for four months at eveningtimes.co.uk on February 26, 2014, accessed on November 8, 2014
- ↑ Queen Street ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at urbanglasgow.com, accessed November 8, 2014
- ↑ Entry on Cowlairs Incline in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Glasgow's Queen Street Railway Station at scotland.com, accessed November 8, 2014
- ^ First electric train runs full Edinburgh-Glasgow line , Global Railway Review, November 6, 2017 , accessed February 10, 2020
- ^ Glasgow and Edinburgh Rail Services at projectmapping.co.uk, accessed November 8, 2014
