Glasgow Queen Street railway station

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1886 underground

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The station opened in 1842 Glasgow Queen Street is the smaller of the two main railway stations of Glasgow and is behind Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley the third most frequented railway station in Scotland. It consists of two parts, the above-ground railway terminus and an underground through station. It is connected to the bus stop Buchanan Street Glasgow Subway.

Traffic

From Glasgow Queen Street, the suburban trains in the northern suburbs and some trains to Edinburgh. In addition, Queen Street is the end of all long-distance trains from the north of Scotland, such as Inverness, Aberdeen and Dundee. As the only train company First ScotRail runs to the train station.

Station parts

Terminus

In the above-ground railway terminus, the (regional ) trains to Edinburgh and to the north of the Central Belt. Also, all long-distance trains to the north of Scotland depart from here, while from Glasgow Central departs the remote traffic to the south of Scotland and England. There are seven tracks in it. Directly at the station end starts on Queen Street tunnel, which will leave at the northeastern end of the inner city.

Through station

The transit station is underground applied at an angle of 90 ° to the head station. It lies on the northern of the two underground east-west diameter lines Glasgow, while the southern Central Station anfährt. From Queen Street Low Level of connections to the Firth of Clyde are offered. The transit station is two-pronged and in 1886 passed to the operation. If the meanwhile fourth connection between Glasgow and Edinburgh is completed, trains will run to Edinburgh from the underground station part then.

Trivia

  • Until 1966 there was parallel to Queen Street station nor the Buchanan Street Station a competitive society, after all trains of Buchanan Street, including the long-distance transport to northern Scotland as Dundee or Aberdeen were newly out of / from Queen Street.
  • The railhead is unelektrifiziert entirely, but from 2016 to the railway Glasgow Queen Street - Falkirk -Edinburgh are placed under tension. The transit station, however, is already connected to the electric railway network.
  • A link Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street has been discussed for some time, but these stations are located diagonally opposite - each underground entrances of the two stations are parallel.
  • The head station closes at Queen Street Tunnel, which passes the Buchanan Galleries Shopping Centre.
  • The subway station will be an important part of the project Glasgow Crossrail, so that can drive also trains from the south of Scotland in the new station.
  • Station in Scotland
  • Category A building in Glasgow
  • Traffic building in Glasgow
  • Built in the 1840s
  • Built in the 1880s
  • Railway station in Europe
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