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Police are on the scene and working on the situation to get the people to safety.
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The huge success of behind the scenes tours at Scotlands busiest station has prompted the recruitment of a former Vatican tour guide to provide an Italian language version for tourists and the many Scots-Italians north of the Border, The Scotsman has learned. The move comes as Glasgow Central is gearing up for track to be laid in an abandoned tunnel in the bowels of the station to enhance the highlight of the tours. It would pave the way for an historic steam locomotive to help recreate a Victorian-era station platform underground.
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The Scottish rail operator announced this morning that Glasgow Central will have no step-free access to Platforms 16 and 17 later this month.
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The wild and rugged landscapes of Scotland may inspire poetry and grace calendar pages, but a raft of hidden gems can equally fire the imagination.
From caves and tunnels to bunkers, mines and crypts, here's our pick of the 10 best underground places to explore. (Permalink) Colinton Tunnel Glasgow Central Low Level St Leonards Tunnel  Colinton Tunnel: Work on the murals in Colinton Tunnel was completed for Easter 2021. This particular one is quite spectacular.
 Glasgow Central Low Level: Disused low level island platform at Glasgow Central. This island platform is walled off from the in use low level island platform.  St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickna ... |
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The service will stop so engineering works can go ahead. It means Rutherglen, Dalmarnock, Bridgeton, Glasgow Central Low Level and Exhibition Centre stations will be served by a limited replacement bus service instead.
(Permalink) Anderston Argyle Line Argyle Street Bridgeton Closure Dalmarnock Diversions Exhibition Centre Glasgow Central Low Level Maintenance work Rutherglen Sunday travel  Rutherglen: A Whifflet service calls at Rutherglen on 19 May. I've never quite got used to the M74 appearing above the station some years ago, but it has to be said there is surprisingly little traffic noise.  Argyle Street: Looking west along the platforms at Argyle Street on 8 September 2018. Colour schemes have come and gone, but the stations retains the yellow wall panels it has had since it opened in 1979. I imagine ...  Exhibition Centre: 318 262 on a Dalmuir - Larkhall service at Exhibition Centre on 8 September. |
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A key railway route will close for two months for major improvement works. [Previous item 03/12/2021. -RS]
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The abandoned Victorian-era platform, which served trains running to Botanic Gardens and Kelvingrove [sic] in the west end, is a popular pit-stop on the Glasgow Central Tours.
(Permalink) Glasgow Central Low Level  Glasgow Central Low Level: Numbered Columns in the old part of Glasgow Central Low level station in 2015. Hopefully this area will soon be reopened as a museum. Picture taken during a Glasgow Central Station Tour  Glasgow Central Low Level: Pillar supporting the roof of the disused platforms at low level Glasgow Central. |
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A campaign to help passengers plan their journeys during an eight-week rail closure launched this week. Major improvement works on the track, tunnels and overhead line equipment between Rutherglen and the Exhibition Centre will take place from 13 March until 8 May 2022, with the line closing and no services running during that time. Many services which would normally operate via Glasgow Central Low Level will be diverted into Glasgow Central High Level or Glasgow Queen Street Low Level.
(Permalink) Anderston Argyle Line Argyle Street Bridgeton Closure Dalmarnock Diversions Exhibition Centre Glasgow Central Low Level Maintenance work Rutherglen  Argyle Street: A Dalmuir service pulls out of Argyle Street on Saturday 16th December 2017 while its many disgorged passengers queue for the exit and Argyle Street's shops. Those in the foreground, their shopping do ...  Glasgow Central Low Level: A Whifflet train calls at Central Low Level on 5 August. It's only 11am but already Celtic fans are making their way to Dalmarnock for Celtic Park.  Exhibition Centre: Looking down at the junction between east and westbound lines at Exhibition Centre station on 2 August 2015 as an eastbound service heads for the city centre. |
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A key rail route that serves the Hydro concert venue, Celtic Park and the Emirates Arena in Glasgow is to close for two months from March for track replacement work, The Scotsman has learned.
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A new art installation has taken centre stage at Glasgow Central Low Level station, thanks to a grant of almost £5,000 from the ScotRail Foundation Cultural and Arts Fund. The display 'Angled arm and hand signals' pays homage to the heritage of the low level station, which sits on the site of the former Alston Street Theatre (1764-1780), and the tragic fire which destroyed the theatre.
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Scotrail has launched the first two new trains which will run on cross-Glasgow services.
The refurbished trains, which will operate from Glasgow Central Low Level and will have wifi from next month, have been leased as part of a £475million train improvement programme. They will have better lighting, extra cycle space and at-seat power sockets. Seven revamped trains will run at a rate of one every few weeks between now and October on routes between Milngavie/Dalmuir and Motherwell/Larkhall/Cumbernauld via Glasgow Central Low Level. (Permalink) Cumbernauld Dalmuir Glasgow Central Low Level Larlhall Milngavie Motherwell ScotRail |
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