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| • | Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two main-line railway stations in Glasgow, Scotland. It is operated by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line. It was opened on July 31 1879.
The station is on two levels - the High Level station slightly above street level, and the underground Low Level station.
The High Level station has 14 platforms covered by a large steel ridge/furrow roof. These platforms are numbered 1 - 11, 11a and 12 - 13. It has a spacious concourse containing a variety of shops, catering outlets, ticket offices and a travel centre. The station is fronted by the Central Hotel on Gordon Street, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson. The station building also houses a long line of shops and bars down the Union Street side. Although not obvious to the general public, there is also an extensive system of tunnels and underground caverns used for car parking and utility purposes built underneath the station.
The station's most famous architectural feature is the large glass-walled bridge that takes the station building over Argyle Street, nicknamed as "Heilanman's Umbrella" by locals. This stems from the local urban myth that thrifty Highlanders would rather stand under the bridge than buy an umbrella and venture out into the rain. Underneath the Umbrella is a bustling array of shops and bars, as well as the "Arches" nightclub.
The Low Level station has an island platform and serves the Argyle Line of the Glasgow suburban railway network. Over the festive period at the end of 1994, torrential rain caused the River Kelvin to burst its banks and the Low Level station was completely submerged by the resultant flash flood. It was closed for many months while repairs were effected.
In 1998, a five-year renovation programme was initiated by Railtrack, which saw the station completely re-roofed and internally refurbished. The final improvement, the installation of new electronic destination signs, was completed at the end of 2003.
Several different companies operate trains to and from this station:
·Virgin Trains - to London (Euston) and the North West, Midlands and South of England
Source: [wikipedia: central station, glasgow]
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