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ScotRail, in partnership with First Bus, has introduced new zero emissions vehicles to operate its Glasgow station bus link service.
The new electric buses, branded in ScotRails iconic blue livery with Saltire logo, began operating on Sunday, 1 October, and connect Glasgows three major transport hubs Glasgow Central, Glasgow Queen Street, and Buchanan Bus station. Replacing the existing vehicles with new electric buses will remove 50 thousand kilometres of diesel operation from Glasgow city centre. (Permalink) Buchanan Bus Station Electric bus Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street ScotRail |
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People in Helensburgh [Cardross, Dalreoch and the West Highland south of Crianlarich] are being warned to plan their journeys ahead this weekend.
(Permalink) Ardlui Arrochar & Tarbet Bus replacement service Cardross Craigendoran Crianlarich Dalreoch Engineering Works Garelochhead Glasgow Queen Street Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Upper |
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The heavy rain forecasts affecting the Highlands are expected to cause major disruption to train travels in the region this morning.
(Permalink) Cancellations Delays Flooding Glasgow Queen Street Inverness Kyle Of Lochalsh Perth Weather West Highland Line |
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A £2m legacy fund has been announced ahead of the UCI Cycling World Championships, which will feature Loch Lomond next month. New green-coloured signs will appear on ScotRail trains, showing where cyclists can board and secure their bikes.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street ScotRail UCI Cycling World Championships |
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The redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street was recognised, on Tuesday 11 July, with the unveiling of a National Railway Heritage Award (NRHA) at the station.
(Permalink) Bowling Swing Bridge Glasgow Queen Street Stirling  Stirling: A plaque in recognition of the work on the roofs at which was unveiled today at Stirling station. (One of three plaque unveilings for the National Railway Heritage Awards at Stirling, Queen Street and ...  Bowling Swing Bridge: Alex Hynes presenting an NRHA plaque to Scottish Canals for the restoration of 'Bowline viaduct' as a new cycleway in Bowling. [This is not a single structure, but a series of former railway bridges e ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A which was unveiled today at Glasgow Queen Street station. (One of three plaque unveilings for the National Railway Heritage Awards at Stirling, Queen Street and Bowling.) |
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Glasgow train services have been disrupted by an air leak on a train.
(Permalink) Air leak Broken down train Glasgow Queen Street |
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Popular chain Greggs could open a new store at a major Glasgow station.
The bakery has submitted a planning application to the council to set up a 'newly constructed retail pod' within Queen Street Railway Station. According to plans, the shop will be located on the Hanover Street side of the building. (Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Greggs |
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A new Marks and Spencer Food Shop has been revealed inside Glasgow Queen Street Station.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Marks and Spencer |
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The station, transformed last year, received the Chairman's Special Award at the National Railway Heritage Awards 2022 (NRHA).
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level National Railway Heritage Awards  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Officina Sans Bold is not usually quite as bold as this. Lettering above the front entrance, facing George Square. I wonder why the E&G didn't choose George Square as the name for its new station? Aft ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
 Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The revamped Glasgow Queen Street looks so starkly new in this image that it appears more like an architect's simulation. The view is from George Square. |
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Linda Bamford says the facilities at the station were not 'built with wheelchair users in mind'.
(Permalink) Accessibility Glasgow Queen Street  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Frontage of Queen Street High Level on 7th June 2021.
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New security gates are to be erected at Queen Street Station as vandals have been ramming through automatic doors and entering during hours of closure.
(Permalink) Anti-social behaviour Glasgow Queen Street Security gates |
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The premises are right next to the revamped station. A new coffee shop which will replace the Caffe Nero at Glasgow's Queen Street Station will open later this month.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Off The Rails |
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A free transfer bus is running between Glasgow Central and Queen Street stations.
(Permalink) Bus Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street |
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It's taken more than 175 years but Glasgow's Queen Street Station has arrived at its destination as a modern masterpiece. The station is the citys gateway to the east and north of the country. Since its redevelopment, which was completed in October 2021, its also a major addition to the cityscape.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
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Scotland's Railway was triumphant at last nights (23 February) Rail Business Awards 2022, scooping the Station Excellence Award in recognition of the £120m redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street station.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Rail Business Awards 2022 Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Officina Sans Bold is not usually quite as bold as this. Lettering above the front entrance, facing George Square. I wonder why the E&G didn't choose George Square as the name for its new station? Aft ... |
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Happy 180th birthday, Queen Street station. [Article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
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A local politician has hit out at Network Rail, accusing them of watering down proposals to electrify a key route.
(Permalink) Anniesland Ashfield Electrification Gilshochill Glasgow Queen Street Maryhill Possilpark and Parkhouse Summerston Westerton  Maryhill: An Anniesland to Queen Street service calls at Maryhill on 21 July 2018. This is the only intermediate station with any features. The indefatigable Gaelic translator of station names has rendered this ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: 170416 and 158709 at a wet Glasgow Queen Street on 5th May 2009  Anniesland: With an autumnal Dawsholm Park forming the backdrop a 156 crawls to a halt at Anniesland on 17 November 2018 with a service from the Maryhill line. It is guaranteed at least one passenger for the retu ... |
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Bruce Kennedy details how BDPs design approach at Queen Street Station was informed by the buildings Victorian history.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
 Glasgow Queen Street High Level: View west from above a festive George Square on 9th December 2019. A few seconds after taking this, a large kit of pigeons blocked the view.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street pillar refurbishment in October 2020. |
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ScotRail customers will benefit from more bike spaces at Glasgow Queen Street from next week, when a new indoor cycle facility opens at the station.
(Permalink) Bicycles Cycle Hub Glasgow Queen Street ScotRail |
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There is no greater proof that People Make Glasgow than to see the city without its crowds. The city centre has been dormant, feeling like a stage without a play. Now, the commuters and shoppers are returning from their Covid-enforced isolation and the redeveloped Glasgow Queen Street station is there to welcome them.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The bright and airy concourse at Queen Street High Level is no doubt helped by not having Class 27s, 37s, 40s, 47s or 101s idling at the buffers. See image [[77812]]. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street pillar refurbishment in October 2020.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: September 2019 view over the new concourse from first floor level through an as yet unbuilt wall. There will be a window in the completed building which will afford this view for some staff. Access by ... |
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Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street are in the running to be named Britain's favourite railway station.
(Permalink) 2021 World Cup of Stations Aviemore Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street Linlithgow  Glasgow Central: 156436 waits to depart from Glasgow Central with the 10.18 to East Kilbride on 9th June 2019.
 Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A late afternoon view over Queen Street station on 22nd January 2019, with just one class 385 train at platform 4 in view. The steelwork of the west truss of the new station frontage can be seen just ... |
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Scotlands Railway has officially reopened Glasgow Queen Street station following the completion of a $163.10m (£120m) government-funded refurbishment.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Close-up of the commemorative plaque unveiled at Queen Street by the First Minister on 4th October 2021.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Officina Sans Bold is not usually quite as bold as this. Lettering above the front entrance, facing George Square. I wonder why the E&G didn't choose George Square as the name for its new station? Aft ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The official completion of rebuilding work at Glasgow Queen Street was marked by the unveiling of a plaque. From left to right: Tommy McPake of Network Rail, Maggie Hoey of ScotRail, First Minister Ni ... |
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ScotRail is celebrating an outstanding success at the prestigious annual National Rail Awards, the industry's Oscars.
Glasgow Queen Street station General Manager, Margaret Hoey, scooped the Outstanding Personal Contribution award at a glittering ceremony last night in London's JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. (Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Margaret Hoey National Rail Awards ScotRail Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Officina Sans Bold is not usually quite as bold as this. Lettering above the front entrance, facing George Square. I wonder why the E&G didn't choose George Square as the name for its new station? Aft ... |
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In the 1840s, Glasgow and much of Scotland was caught up in the great railway mania, and as we have seen, the big leap forward was the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway authorised by Parliament on July 4, 1838, which brought Glasgows first major terminus, Queen Street station which opened in 1842.
(Permalink) Caledonian Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Glasgow Paisley and Greenock Railway Glasgow Queen Street John Miller Thomas Grainger |
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A fully accessible Changing Places toilet facility is now available at Glasgows Queen Street station.
(Permalink) Changing Places toilet Glasgow Queen Street Toilets |
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Those looking for signs of confidence over the future of rail travel need look no further than the dramatic new look to Scotlands third busiest station.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level |
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ScotRail has announced a new change to its bus service in Glasgow city centre between Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street.
(Permalink) Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street  Glasgow Central: The Glasgow interstations bus - now in ScotRail livery. Photographed on 7 April 2015 at Central station.  Glasgow Central: A snappier title for Glasgow's interstation bus, seen outside Central on 10 August 2015. |
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When Queen Street railway station had its first redesign in 1878, engineer James Carswell introduced electric lighting.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street James Carswell  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Light and space at Queen Street following the reopening of the extended platforms 4 and 5. 16th October 2019.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Given the interest in the current rebuilding of Glasgow Queen Street here is
a BR PR&PO view of part of the station prior to a previous rebuilding.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Given the interest in the current rebuilding of Glasgow Queen Street here is a BR PR&PO view of part of the station prior to a previous rebuilding. The caption simply reads 'No 1 Booking Office : Quee ... |
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Multiple train routes from Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central are seeing 'major disruptions' due to the snow.
(Permalink) Arbroath Edinburgh Waverley Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street Lanark Newton Snow Weather |
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We all know what happened to Grahamston, but what about the other areas that were lost to the arrival of train stations, lines and goods depots?
(Permalink) Glasgow Central Glasgow Queen Street High Street St Enoch  High Street East Junction: View west at High Street East Junction on 8 June 1957 as 57553 approaches from the Saltmarket direction with a down freight on the CGU line. Over on the right 67631 is passing with an eastbound train ... |
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Railway passengers in Glasgow are being reminded of disruption throughout the festive period, as Network Rail begin works in city stations.
(Permalink) Christmas Glasgow Queen Street |
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Glasgow Central remains the busiest station in Scotland with almost 33 million passenger entries and exits in the last year, figures published today by the Office of Rail and Road reveal.
Edinburgh (23,087,646), Glasgow Queen Street (16,685,760), Paisley Gilmour Street (3,903,776) and Haymarket (2,980,386) stations made up the remainder of the top five most used stations in Scotland. [Railscot note: ORR comments that the reference period for the estimates runs from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. The ORR has also provided data for 1 April 2019 to February 2020.] (Permalink) Glasgow CentralEdinburgh Waverley Glasgow Queen Street Haymarket ORR Office of Rail and Road Paisley Gilmour Street Station statistics  Edinburgh Waverley: Plenty of takers for the 0752 LNER Aberdeen - Kings Cross HST, seen here arriving at Waverley platform 19 on 21 November 2019.  Glasgow Central: The large, open, bright and airy space of the Glasgow Central concourse.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Passengers arriving at Queen Street Station on 24th September 2019, presented with a view of Glasgow's fine architecture through the new facade.
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All eyes are on Glasgow's Queen Street Station these days, as the £120m renovation works which started in 2017 near completion.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street pillar refurbishment in October 2020. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The revamped Glasgow Queen Street looks so starkly new in this image that it appears more like an architect's simulation. The view is from George Square.  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: New departures board at Queen Street. No one can claim to be starved of information, including a little train graphic to show the number of carriages. The Next Edinburgh Express panel is presumably th ... |
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Glasgow Queen Street Station has been voted as the nation's favourite.
A 'World Cup of Stations' poll recorded over 95,000 votes, asking participants to select their favourite out of over 2000 train stations across the country. Queen Street was crowned as the UK's number one favourite station the week-long poll. (Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The revamped Glasgow Queen Street looks so starkly new in this image that it appears more like an architect's simulation. The view is from George Square. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A late afternoon view over Queen Street station on 22nd January 2019, with just one class 385 train at platform 4 in view. The steelwork of the west truss of the new station frontage can be seen just ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A view of the busy rebuilt interior of Queen Street.
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Resurfacing works are due to be carried out as part of the ongoing station development.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street |
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Network Rail Scotland is restarting work on major construction projects across Scotland's Railway following a three-month pause due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
(Permalink) Covid-19 Glasgow Queen Street Network Rail |
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October marks two years since Network Rail began the main £120m redevelopment of Glasgow Queen Street station.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Station improvement |
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It will be an extraordinary addition to Glasgow's cityscape, returning the railways to George Square after 40 years of being hidden behind an ugly hotel extension.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street |
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A hidden piece of Glasgows architect-ural history is being revealed for the first time in decades.
The curved glass canopy of Queen Street station was completed in 1842 but entirely obscured by the concrete extension to a neighbouring hotel in the 1970s. The Victorian gem has been exposed once again as part of the £120 million redevelopment of the hub which links Glasgow with Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and the Highlands. (Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street |
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For 20 weeks, it's been all change at Glasgow Queen Street as a considerable package of work is pushed forward as part of the ongoing Edinburgh - Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). Involved are platform extensions to handle new eight-car trains, track layout changes in the station throat and, through the thousand-yard long approach tunnel, renewal of its degraded 40-year-old slab-track.
(Permalink) Cowlairs Tunnel EGIP Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme Glasgow Queen Street |
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A landslide near Queen Street Station in Glasgow causes severe disruption to trains after heavy thunder storms.
(Permalink) Glasgow Queen Street Landslide |
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Post Hatfield Crash repairs On the 15th there were three locations affected by Gauge Corner Cracking. 200 points and 75,000 yards of track have been renewed. Junction remodeling 40 junctions which are known to be bottlenecks are to be remodeled. Speed restrictions As of the 15th 53 speed restrictions existed in Scotland. New station facilities and station regeneration 81 stations have been identified for new toilets. New Information Systems (CIS) will be installed at Hyndland, Partick and Queen Street Low Level. Partick station is to be refurbished and platforms resurfaced. Gourock station is due to be rebuilt and Railtrack is in discussion with developers. Perth station is to be regenerated with footbridges and canopies renewed. Broughty Ferry has been rebuilt at the cost of £1,000,000. Train Protection Warning System Installation of Train Protection Warning System on Scotland's railways and trains continues and is expected to be complete by December 2002. Edinburgh Crossrail The contracts for the Edinburgh Crossrail scheme (reopening of freight only route from Portobello to Brunstane and Newcraighall to passengers) have been signed with the council and contractors. Stirling to Alloa and Dunfermline The details of reopening the closed but mostly extant line from Stirling to Alloa and on to Kincardine have not yet been resolved. Larkhall to Milngavie Although there have been some doubts about the reopening of the closed line between Larkhall and Hamilton, Railtrack and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive are continuing discussions. Aberdeen to Inverness improvements Railtrack is considering its options for improving capacity of the Aberdeen to Inverness line. A loop may be opened at Orton. Forres loop may be altered to run by the Forres goods loop and a two platform station opened on the loop. Signalboxes between Elgin and Nairn may be closed. Proposals will be drawn up to 'level 4' (complete design) and given to the Strategic Rail Authority by the end of the year. Actual changes will be delayed as work on signaling is being focused on installing Train Protection Warning System until December 2002. Members of the RPC and public suggested that perhaps a section of double track at the beginning of the route in Aberdeen and Inverness would help - such as that which the Inverness and Perth has. It was also commented that the station at Keith can be a bottleneck as the loop is located to the east of the station - a train at the station has to occupy the Keith to Elgin section and consequently trains have to be held at Keith loop or Elgin loop when there is a train at the station. Cornton Level Crossing Cornton Level crossing, by Stirling, is fitted with cameras which photograph every road vehicle which passes through the lights at red. 250 vehicles were photographed between January and May this year, many belonging to local people. The crossing has been checked and complies to safety standards. The council and Railtrack are considering further traffic calming options including permanent closure of the road. Ninewells The council in Dundee is considering opening a station at Ninewells which would serve new developments in the area, the airport and Ninewells Hospital. Tay Bridge repair Repairs to the Tay Bridge are due to be complete in 2003 and will allow higher speed running on the bridge and freight to pass over it. Edinburgh Park Railtrack and New Edinburgh Ltd have resolved difficulties and a station at Edinburgh Park can now be built. It could be open by 2003. (Permalink) Alloa Brunstane Cornton Level Crossing Crash Edinburgh Crossrail Elgin Forres Glasgow Queen Street Hatfield Hyndland Larkhall Nairn New station Newcraighall Ninewells Partick Perth Portobello Railtrack TPWS Tay Bridge |
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