Glasgow Central station
Glasgow Central 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain | |
Inside Glasgow Central, looking north east across the main concourse
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| Location | |
| Place | Glasgow |
| Local authority | City of Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°51′29″N 4°15′29″W / 55.858°N 4.258°WCoordinates: 55°51′29″N 4°15′29″W / 55.858°N 4.258°W |
| Grid reference | NS586651 |
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| Station code | GLC |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 17 (including 2 on lower level) |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 26.610 million |
| 2012/13 |
27.185 million |
| 2013/14 |
 27.153 million |
| 2014/15 |
28.965 million |
| 2015/16 |
30.001 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| 1 August 1879 | High Level Station opened |
| 10 August 1896 | Low Level Station opened |
| 1901–1905 | High Level Station rebuilt |
| 1960 | Re-signalling |
| 5 October 1964 | Closure of Low Level Station |
| May 1974 | Start of "Electric Scot" services to London Euston |
| 5 November 1979 | Reopening of Low Level Station as part of Argyle Line |
| 1984–1986 | Refurbished |
| 1998–2005 | Refurbished |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Glasgow Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain, Scots: Glesga 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 30 million passengers in 2015-16, 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.
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.
The low-level platforms, originally two island platforms, were originally a 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.
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