Rudy has been on thirty-two trains to & from Glasgow Central Low Level! The first was on the 23rd of September 2018 and most recently on the 7th of December 2024.
The low level platforms at Glasgow Central were first opened in 1896! The decision to close them in 1964 as passengers moved to trams & busses was reversed in 1979 when they reopened as part of the new Argyle Line routes. Rudy has most often used Glasgow Central Low Level so far to change between trains on his way home after adventures. There are lots of photos of him waiting impatiently for the train to arrive! THE HIELANMAN’S UMBRELLA : Glasgow Central high level platforms stretch across Argyle Street and shelter the direct entrances to the low level station. It’s one of the most readily recognised landmarks in Glasgow – and only in part because the station name is there in HUGE letters! While public-facing railway systems mostly identify only one Glasgow Central (GLC) station we count Glasgow Central Low Level as a separate station for a few reasons. • The tracks are on a completely different level and alignment than the high-level platforms. • There are separate TIPLOC codes and even a unique (if rather defunct) three-letter code for the low level – GCL. • The branding on the low level platform is more ScotRail while high-level is Network Rail. • There are completely separate ticket office and entrances for the low level. • To move a train from a high-level platform to a low-level platform would be a journey of more than six miles. • It just feels like a different experience using the low level trains than the high level!
A Saturday afternoon in December meant town was very busy when we arrived at Central Station. Everyone else was here for shopping though and our River Clyde walk was quieter than we expected for any weekend. We stopped past the Clyde Tidal Weir fo
Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain), usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station, is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of 20 managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line (397 miles or 639 kilometres north of London Euston). As well as being Glasgow's principal inter-city terminus for services to England, Central also serves the southern suburbs of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, as well as the Ayrshire and Clyde coasts. The other main station in Glasgow is Glasgow Queen Street, which primarily serves regional and intercity services to the north of Glasgow.
With 25 million passengers in 2023–2024, Glasgow Central is the fifteenth-busiest railway station in Britain and the busiest in Scotland, as well as the third busiest station in the UK outside of London, behind Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly. 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 of 95.2%, the highest in the UK.
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