Bridge Street subway station serves Laurieston

Laurieston, Glasgow

Laurieston is a district in the Gorbals area of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde.It derives its name from James Laurie who, along with his brother, developed a large part of the district in the early 19th century....

 in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It is the main interchange between the Subway and buses travelling to and from the south side. It is the nearest subway station for the Citizens Theatre, O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow Sheriff Court

Glasgow Sheriff Court

Glasgow Sheriff Court is a Sheriff Court in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, within the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. It is reputedly the busiest court in Europe....

 and Glasgow Central Mosque

Glasgow Central Mosque

Glasgow Central Mosque is located on the south bank of the River Clyde in the Gorbals district of central Glasgow.-The Mosque:The Mosque was built in 1983 and was formally opened in 1984 by H E. Abdullah Omar Nasseef, the Secretary General of the Muslim World League...

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It was opened in 1896 and comprehensively modernised in 1977-1980. The station retains its original island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 configuration.

There were 470,000 boardings at this station in the 12 months ending on 31 March 2005.