GLASGOW CENTRAL STATION WALK, August 2019
Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain) is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of nineteen managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line (397 miles (640 km) north of London Euston), and for inter-city services between Glasgow and England. The other main station in the centre of the city is Glasgow Queen Street.
With just under 33 million passengers in 2017–18, Glasgow Central is the twelfth-busiest railway station in Britain, and the busiest in Scotland.[5] According to Network Rail, over 38 million people use it annually, 80% of whom are passengers.[6] The station is protected as a category A listed building.[7]
Our Tour Guide In Glasgow Central Station On Scottish Accents
We had an excellent tour guide on a fun tour we took of Glasgow Central Station in September, 2015. I'm glad I whipped my camera out in time to get most of his explanation of Scottish regional accents- very interesting, his accent included!
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Virgin Trains First Class | London Euston - Glasgow Central 13/01/2018
In this video, we take a look at what Virgin Trains has to offer for First Class passengers on their Class 390 'Pendolino' service from London Euston to Glasgow Central, as well as points of interest and stations along the route! This journey was made on a weekend, so the weekend breakfast food menu is shown. There are fridges located throughout the first class carriages storing fresh orange juice and bottled water for the journey, which is not shown in the video. I must say, from Lancaster onwards, the scenery is absolutely amazing along the West Coast. This was a very enjoyable experience with Virgin, as per usual, we were mostly on time all the way to Glasgow, maximum 3 minutes late for the whole journey and even a couple of minutes early in some places! A journey that certainly won't be forgotten. Hope you all enjoy and let me know in the comments section if I should do another trip report style video and any improvements I can make on the next one. Enjoy!
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Full Train Journey: Virgin Trains Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street Virgin Pendolino
This is a video of my entire train journey from Glasgow Central to Birmingham New Street on Virgin Trains. This route is part of the West Coast Main Line and stops at the following stations (Time stamps in brackets):
Carlisle (1:07:52)
Oxenholme (1:56:12)
Preston (3:10:31)
Wigan North West (3:24:32)
Warrington Bank Quay (3:35:50)
Crewe (3:54:07)
Wolverhampton (4:25:23)
Sandwell and Dudley (4:37:37)
Once the train reaches Birmingham New Street (4:48:16), it will continue to London Euston passing through Birmingham International, Coventry and Milton Keynes Central along the way.
This trip was served by a Virgin Pendolino train and experienced two major delays, one at Carlisle and once between Oxenholme and Preston (from 2:20:50 to 2:41:30). Since my journey was delayed for around 40 minutes, I was refunded half of my train fare, which wasn't too bad!
This video was taken with my camcorder mounted on a tripod with the lens pressed as close to the window as possible. Despite my best efforts, there will still be some glare on the windows and motion blur. Feel free to leave some tips on how to reduce those two problems on the comments section below.
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Windy Afternoon at Glasgow Central Train Station, WCML | 23/10/18
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The planned station of the day, Glasgow Central. Great to see various operators such as Virgin Trains, Scotrail and Cross Country.
Glasgow Central info:
Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain, Scots: Glesga Central, also known simply as Central) is the major mainline rail terminus in Glasgow, Scotland. The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of nineteen managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line (397 miles (640 km) north of London Euston), and for inter-city services between Glasgow and England. The other main city-centre railway station in Glasgow is Glasgow Queen Street.
With over 32 million passengers in 2016–17, Glasgow Central is the twelfth-busiest railway station in Britain, and the busiest in Scotland. According to Network Rail, over 38 million people use it annually, 80% of whom are passengers. The station is protected as a category A listed building.
In Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins, the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars. In 2017 the station received a customer satisfaction score 95.2%, the highest in the UK.
Original station:
The original station, opened on 1 August 1879 on the north bank of the River Clyde, had eight platforms and was linked to Bridge Street station by a railway bridge over Argyle Street and a four-track railway bridge, built by Sir William Arrol, which crossed the Clyde to the south. The station was built over the site of Grahamston village, whose central street (Alston Street) was demolished to make way for the station platform.
The station was soon congested. In 1890, a temporary solution of widening the bridge over Argyle Street and inserting a ninth platform on Argyle Street bridge was completed. It was also initially intended to increase Bridge Street station to eight through lines and to increase Central station to 13 platforms.
Low-level station:
The low-level platforms were originally a two island separate station, and were added to serve the underground Glasgow Central Railway, authorised on 10 August 1888 and opened on 10 August 1896. The Glasgow Central Railway was taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1890. Services ran from Maryhill Central and from the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway in the west through to Rutherglen and via Tollcross through to Carmyle, Newton, and other Caledonian Railway destinations to the east of Glasgow. Other stations include Cambuslang & Motherwell.
Services:
As of 2016, Glasgow Central is served by six train-operating companies.
CrossCountry:
Operates a two-hourly service on the CrossCountry route using the East Coast Main Line to Birmingham New Street via Leeds and onwards to destinations such as Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids, Plymouth & Penzance as an extension to its services from Edinburgh Waverley.
Abellio ScotRail:
Operates services to Scottish destinations including Ayr (for a bus connection to the Stena Line ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast), Troon, Kilmarnock, East Kilbride, Gourock, Neilston, Stranraer, Largs and Lanark.
There are also services to Carlisle (via Kilmarnock) and Newcastle in England. During the closure of Glasgow Queen Street High Level Station, services to Inverness/Aberdeen via Dundee and Perth were diverted to Glasgow Central.
TransPennine Express:
Operates a two-hourly service to Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly, Preston and the West Coast Main Line.[38] One train per day on Sundays only operates to Manchester Victoria
Virgin Trains:
Operates an hourly service to London Euston directly, and a two-hourly service to London Euston via Birmingham New Street, using Super Voyagers and Pendolinos via the West Coast Main Line. They also operate services to/from Birmingham New Street and Crewe.
London North Eastern Railway
Operates one train per day (except Sundays) to London King's Cross via Edinburgh Waverley, Newcastle and York[39]
Caledonian Sleeper:
Operates one sleeper service per night, Sunday to Friday, to London Euston.
A taxi rank is to the north of the station, while buses operate from the adjacent streets. St Enoch and Buchanan Street Subway stations are within a few minutes' walk.
SPT operates a bus service to Glasgow Queen Street and Buchanan bus station; this bus is numbered 398
Station ticket facilities:
There are three ticket halls. Two are operated by ScotRail (main concourse and Argyle Street entrance) and the third is a travel centre run by Virgin Trains at the Gordon Street entrance. Virgin Trains also operate a dedicated customer lounge next to Platform 1 and a First Class lounge.
Railway electrification:
Overhead Power Lines began to appear on the high-level platforms early 1960s under British Railways. Firstly came 6.25 kV AC overhead power lines from the Cathcart Circle Line electrification scheme.
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Trains at Glasgow Central | 13/08/2018
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Hello everyone, MT here with the usual trainspotting action. I had an hour to kill in Glasgow Central railway station before boarding my train back home, so I thought I get my camera out and film what was coming in and out of the station and it was busy for a late Monday morning.
Trains include: Virgin Trains 390 Pendolino’s, CrossCountry 221 Voyager, Transpennine Express 350, Scotrail 156’s, 158, 314’s, 320’s & 380’s
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Experience travel between Glasgow and London in just eight minutes with Virgin Trains.
Sped up footage from the drivers cab shows the incredible sights viewed on some of its most scenic routes. This includes the dramatic Cumbrian hills and Beattock Summit in Scotland.
Over the past two decades, Virgin has become famous for speeding up intercity journeys. On the west coast, Virgin Trains accelerated the Glasgow-London journey time from more than five hours to 4hr,29min.
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Forgotten Stations - St Enoch Station, Glasgow
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St Enoch station was a mainline railway station in the city of Glasgow, Scotland between 1876 and 1966. It was demolished in 1977. The hotel was the first building in Glasgow to be fitted out with electric lighting.
Located on St Enoch Square in the city centre, it was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Railway in 1876. The first passenger train stopped there on 1 May 1876 and the official opening took place on 17 October 1876.
In 1883 it was taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) and it became their headquarters.[2] Services ran to most parts of the G&SWR system, including Ayr, Dumfries, Carlisle, Kilmarnock and Stranraer. In partnership with the Midland Railway, through services also ran to England, using the Settle and Carlisle Railway from Carlisle to Leeds, Sheffield, Derby and London St Pancras.
It was the site of a rail crash in 1903 in which 16 passengers were killed and 64 injured when a train overran the buffers. In the 1923 grouping it was taken over and then operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. After the nationalisation of the United Kingdom rail network, the station was run by British Railways.
The suburban service to East Kilbride was diverted to St Enoch in 1959, when all but three services were dieselised. The diversion was said to be necessary to reduce the numbers of trains at Glasgow Central.[3]
Model of station at the Glasgow Museum of Transport
The former St. Enoch Station Clock at the Antonine Centre in Cumbernauld.
It was a large station with 12 platforms and two impressive semi-cylindrical glass/iron roofed train sheds. The station was closed on 27 June 1966 as part of the rationalisation of the railway system undertaken by the British Railways Board chairman Dr. Richard Beeching; upon closure its 250 trains and 23,000 passengers a day were diverted to Central. The roofs of the structure were demolished, despite protests, in 1977. The clock that was suspended from the roof of the station was saved from destruction and is now on display in Cumbernauld Town Centre.
The St Enoch Hotel which fronted the station was also demolished in 1977.
*BRAND NEW* TranspeinnineExpress Nova2 Class 397 At Glasgow Central | 25th June 2019 |
TranspenineExpress Nova 2 Class 397s make their debut In Scotland on a test run from Crewe.
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GLASGOW CENTRAL STATION
Glasgow Central is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line, and was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 31 July 1879.
It is the busiest railway station in the United Kingdom outside London.According to Network Rail, over 34 million people depart from, or arrive at, Glasgow Central each year.Glasgow Central serves all of the Greater Glasgow conurbation's southern towns and suburbs, the Ayrshire and Clyde coasts, as well as being the terminus for all inter-city services from Glasgow to destinations south of the border.
scottish fans in Glasgow Central Station
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Flash Mob - Glasgow Central Station - Kennett Timepieces - Final Version
Kennett Glasgow FlashMob held in Glasgow Central Station for a celebration for Valentines 2013
Empty Virgin Trains First Class London Euston - Glasgow
Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Glasgow Central, Scotland in a very empty First Class section;
Travelling on the 645 km long West Coast Main Line in 4 hours and 31 minutes;
Calling at Warrington Bank Quay, Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster, and Carlisle;
Train service is operated by a 9-car long Pendolino 390 016 Virgin Champion (British Rail Class 390);
Train attendants serve free food and free drinks (also alcoholic ones) two times during the journey
The Grand Central Hotel - Glasgow - United Kingdom
The Grand Central Hotel hotel city: Glasgow - Country: United Kingdom
Address: Gordon Street; zip code: G1 3SF
Located at Glasgow Central Station, the award-winning Grand Central is an iconic hotel set within Glasgow’s shopping district. It boasts a fine restaurant, a champagne bar, free Wi-Fi and 21 meeting rooms for up to 500 guests.
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Classic British Rail - Glasgow Central 17th July 1991
We see a few trains arriving and departing Glasgow Central Station including a couple of trains departing for London.
British Rail Scotrail-Glasgow Central 1989
Some shots of the action at Glasgow Central in 1989. As well as Inter-City trains, 86, 90 & 87 101, there were lots of units whizzing in & out-303 & 318 EMUs and 101, 107 & 120 DMUs. The only traction still seen in Glasgow today are the 318s, everything else has been withdrawn or sent south, and even the 90s are on borrowed time in Anglia! If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!