Glasgow Cross railway station
Encyclopedia
Glasgow Cross was a railway station in the city centre
of Glasgow
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It was closed, with the line through Glasgow Central (Low Level), on 5 October 1964.
was opened in 1979, Glasgow Cross station was not reopened. Today it is now a ghost station
and at surface level the only evidence of its existence are decorative ventilation grilles on the traffic island, between Trongate
and London Road, whilst at track level there is a widening of the formation.
There have been rumours of the station being re-opened as an interchange with Glasgow Crossrail
, which itself includes proposals for a new Glasgow Cross station located on the City Union bridge, tucked behind the Mercat Building.
Note - Argyle Street station
was not in existence until the 1979 re-opening
Glasgow city centre
Glasgow city centre is the central business district of Glasgow, Scotland. Is bounded by the High Street to the east, the River Clyde to the south and the M8 motorway to the west and north which was built through the Townhead, Charing Cross, Cowcaddens and Anderston areas in the 1960s...
of 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...
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History
This station was opened on 1 November 1895 by the Glasgow Central RailwayGlasgow Central Railway
The Glasgow Central Railway was a railway that ran from Maryhill in the north west of Glasgow through the West End and City Centre to Rutherglen and Newton to the south east of the city.- Early days :...
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It was closed, with the line through Glasgow Central (Low Level), on 5 October 1964.
Argyle Line
When the Argyle LineArgyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...
was opened in 1979, Glasgow Cross station was not reopened. Today it is now a ghost station
Ghost station
Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War...
and at surface level the only evidence of its existence are decorative ventilation grilles on the traffic island, between Trongate
Trongate
Trongate is one of the oldest streets in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.Located in the area of the Merchant City commonly known as "Old Glasgow", it is the main route into the central area from the East End...
and London Road, whilst at track level there is a widening of the formation.
There have been rumours of the station being re-opened as an interchange with Glasgow Crossrail
Glasgow Crossrail
Crossrail Glasgow is a proposed railway development in Central Scotland.Since the 1970s, it has been widely recognised that one of the main weaknesses of the railway network in Greater Glasgow is that rail services from the South cannot bypass Glasgow city centre and join the northern...
, which itself includes proposals for a new Glasgow Cross station located on the City Union bridge, tucked behind the Mercat Building.
Note - Argyle Street station
Argyle Street railway station
Argyle Street railway station is a busy station in central Glasgow, Scotland, on the Argyle Line, which connects the North Clyde lines at Partick with Rutherglen in the south-east of the city. The station is located below the thoroughfare whose name it bears. It has a narrow and often crowded...
was not in existence until the 1979 re-opening