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General information | |||||
Location | Glasgow Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°51′44″N 4°15′04″W / 55.8622°N 4.2512°W | ||||
Grid reference | NS591655 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||
Platforms | 9 (2 on low level) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | GLQ | ||||
Fare zone | G1 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (High Level) Glasgow City and District Railway (Low Level) | ||||
Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
Key dates | |||||
21 February 1842 | High Level Station opened[2] | ||||
15 March 1886 | Low Level Station opened[2] | ||||
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Glasgow Queen Street (Scottish Gaelic: Sràid na Banrighinn) is a passenger railway terminus serving the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two mainline railway terminals (the larger being Glasgow Central) and is the third busiest station in Scotland behind Central and Edinburgh Waverley.[3]
It connects Glasgow with Edinburgh via the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line and the North Clyde Line. Other significant connections include the West Highland Line for services to and from the Scottish Highlands, the Highland Main Line and Glasgow–Dundee line. The station is split into two levels with high level trains predominantly serving the Edinburgh shuttle and further afield destinations, while the low level platforms serve trains covering the Central Belt of Scotland.
The station is located between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north and is at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to George Square, Glasgow's major civic square.[4] It is also a short walk from Buchanan Street, Glasgow's main shopping district and the location of Buchanan Street subway station, the closest connection to Queen Street for the Glasgow Subway network.
The station underwent major redevelopment works by Network Rail in the late 2010s. In October 2017, a £120 million project began on bringing the station up to modern standards, demolishing many of the 1960s buildings and replacing them with a new station concourse, which was completed in 2021.,[5]
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