High Street (Glasgow) railway station
High Street (Glasgow) 
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Train arriving at Glasgow High Street. The campus buildings of Strathclyde University are visible at the top of the photograph.
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| Location | |
| Place | Glasgow |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°51′34″N 4°14′24″W / 55.8594°N 4.2400°WCoordinates: 55°51′34″N 4°14′24″W / 55.8594°N 4.2400°W |
| Grid reference | NS598651 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HST |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.484 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.551 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.610 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.677 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.735 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow City and District Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| 15 March 1866 | Opened as College replacing the station on the CoGUR |
| 1 January 1914 | Renamed as High Street |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at High Street (Glasgow) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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High Street Railway Station serves High Street in Glasgow, Scotland and the surrounding area. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. It serves the eastern side of Glasgow city centre, with Strathclyde University, Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow Royal Infirmary being major institutions located nearby,
The first railway station in the area was College on the City of Glasgow Union Railway which closed with opening of this station in 1866. The station took its current name at the beginning of 1914.
As part of the proposed Crossrail Glasgow initiative, High Street station may be demolished and relocated.
There is a regular service Monday to Saturday to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Helensburgh Central etc.) on the North Clyde Line westbound and to Airdrie and Springburn eastbound.
Sundays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Airdrie.
The station has half-hourly services westbound to each of Helensburgh Central (limited stop), Balloch via Singer (stopping), Milngavie and Dalmuir via Yoker (stopping) (8tph in all via Queen Street, Partick & Hyndland). Eastbound there are 6tph to Airdrie, of which 4tph continue all the way to Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate (two of these are limited stop, the others call at all intermediate stations). There is also a half-hourly service to Springburn although this has now been extended to Cumbernauld station and also now runs on a Sunday.
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