Glasgow Central railway station

Glasgow Central Glaschu Mheadhain[1]
The main concourse in 2022
General information
Location	Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°51′29″N 4°15′29″W / 55.858°N 4.258°W / 55.858; -4.258
Grid reference	NS586651
Managed by	Network Rail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	17 (including 2 on lower level)
Other information
Station code	GLC
Fare zone	G2
Key dates
1 August 1879	High Level Station opened[2]
10 August 1896	Low Level Station opened[2]
1901–1905	High Level Station rebuilt
1960	Re-signalling
5 October 1964	Closure of Low Level Station[2]
May 1974	Start of "Electric Scot" services to London Euston
5 November 1979	Reopening of Low Level Station as part of Argyle Line[2]
1984–1986	Refurbished
1998–2005	Refurbished
Passengers
2018/19	32.797 million
2019/20	32.465 million
2020/21	5.325 million
2021/22	15.322 million
2022/23	20.768 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road. Station usage figures saw a large decrease in 2020/21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

v t e Glasgow Central & St Enoch approaches
Legend
City of Glasgow Union Railway Glasgow Central Glasgow Central Railway St Enoch River Clyde parts of former station reused as carriage sidings Glasgow Bridge Street Main Street (CGUR) Gorbals Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Cumberland Street   City of Glasgow Union Railway Southside Eglinton Street Polloc and Govan Railway General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Pollokshields East Cathcart District Railway Pollokshields West Strathbungo Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway Cathcart District Railway

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.^[3] It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line (397 miles or 639 kilometres north of London Euston).^[4] 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.

With just under 21 million passengers in 2022–2023, Glasgow Central is the seventeenth-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]

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.^[8]