Cowcaddens [Subway]
Location type
StationNames and dates
Cowcaddens [Subway] (1896-1977)Cowcaddens [Subway] (1980-)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the Glasgow District Subway.Description
This underground station has access from the north side of Cowcaddens Road. The ticket office is at ground level. The station
The area saw much reconstruction involving the conversion of Cowcaddens Road into a dual carriageway around the time the M8 was taken through Glasgow. Many surface buildings did not survive, including the famous The Subway Bar.
Tags
Station undergroundExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Buchanan Street Buchanan Street [Subway] Charing Cross [GC and DR] St Georges Cross [Subway] Glasgow Queen Street Low Level Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow Central Glasgow Central Low Level Anderston Glasgow (Townhead) St Enoch [Subway] Central Station Broomielaw Hoist Glasgow St Enoch Argyle Street Dunlop Street | Phoenix Iron Works [1st] Hill Street Foundry Phoenix Iron Works [2nd] Port Dundas Foundry South Spiers Wharf Carron Wharf [Port Dundas] London Wharf [Port Dundas] Rotterdam Wharf [Port Dundas] Leith Wharf [Port Dundas] Hamburgh Wharf [Port Dundas] Milton Foundry Atlas Works Glasgow Saw Mills Port Dundas Power Station Tourist/other Dundashill Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Circles Under the Clyde - A History of the Glasgow Underground | Glasgow Underground |  Glasgow Underground: The Glasgow District Subway |
