"Scotland and Glasgow Citybus. The main bus terminal in the city is Buchanan bus station. Glasgow has the most extensive urban rail network in the UK outside London with rail services travelling to a large part of the West of Scotland. Most lines were electrified under British Rail. All trains running within Scotland, including the local Glasgow trains, are operated by Abellio ScotRail, who own the franchise as determined by the Scottish Government. Central station and Queen Street station are the two main railway terminals. Glasgow Central is the terminus of the long West Coast Main Line from London Euston."
"Glasgow Queen Street railway station Glasgow Queen Street () is a city centre railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line railway termini and the third busiest station in Scotland. The station is situated between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north, at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to George Square. Queen Street station serves the Greater Glasgow conurbation's northern towns and suburbs, the shuttle, and is the terminus for all inter-city services to destinations in the North of Scotland. The other main city-centre station in"
"Glasgow Queen Street railway station Glasgow Queen Street () is a city centre railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two main line railway termini and the third busiest station in Scotland. The station is situated between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north, at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to George Square. Queen Street station serves the Greater Glasgow conurbation's northern towns and suburbs, the shuttle, and is the terminus for all inter-city services to destinations in the North of Scotland. The other main city-centre station in"
"use until it was destroyed by fire in an act of vandalism on 1 March 1978. The current station opened on 15 May 1989, by British Rail to the south west of the original on the other side of new Cochranemill Road bridge (built in 1974/5) next to the Corseford Housing Estate. Provision for the station had been made in the siting and construction of the overhead electrification equipment. The station has neither car park nor ticket office, however, there is a ticket machine situated within the shelter of platform 1. There are also six cycle stands available. The Glasgow"
"Madison Railroad). Glasgow Railway The Glasgow Railway (formally, the Glasgow Railway Company, Inc.) is an American short-line railroad whose line runs from Park City to Glasgow, Kentucky. Though independently owned by the Robert Lessenberry family of Glasgow, the line is operated under long-term lease by CSX Transportation, as corporate successor to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. As such, the company has no locomotives or operable rolling stock, and apparently has noreporting mark assigned to it. The Glasgow Railway connects its namesake city with the former L&N's namesake main line at Park City, which itself was formerly named Glasgow Junction. The"
"Glasgow Railway The Glasgow Railway (formally, the Glasgow Railway Company, Inc.) is an American short-line railroad whose line runs from Park City to Glasgow, Kentucky. Though independently owned by the Robert Lessenberry family of Glasgow, the line is operated under long-term lease by CSX Transportation, as corporate successor to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. As such, the company has no locomotives or operable rolling stock, and apparently has noreporting mark assigned to it. The Glasgow Railway connects its namesake city with the former L&N's namesake main line at Park City, which itself was formerly named Glasgow Junction. The line began"
"Charing Cross (Glasgow) railway station Charing Cross (Glasgow) is a railway station close to the centre of Glasgow, Scotland, serving the district of the same name. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. It should not be confused with the Charing Cross station in London. Dating from 1886, it was originally part of the Glasgow City and District Railway, the first underground railway in Scotland. The station was built using the cut and cover method, with the original walls being visible on the open air section at the western end of"
"Loch Lomond to Glasgow Cycleway starts close to the station and runs to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre by the Clyde in central Glasgow. There are railway stations at each end of the West Loch Lomond Cycle Path, but none along its length. The Oban/Mallaig railway service runs from Glasgow Queen Street station to Arrochar & Tarbet station. The train goes up the shores of Gare Loch; passing Faslane Naval Base (aka HMS ""Neptune""), the home of the United Kingdom's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines. Trains from Balloch connect to Glasgow's Central and Queen Street stations. West Loch Lomond"
"Main Line, and connects Glasgow with the South, and is the rail gateway to England and the rest of the United Kingdom. Regular Virgin Trains West Coast express train services run from Central to London Euston while CrossCountry services operate via the East Coast Main Line and Birmingham to destinations as far south as Penzance. There were two additional mainline stations serving the city at one stage. One, St Enoch station, was sited at St Enoch Square not far from Central Station and parallel to the existing underground station of the same name, whilst the second, Buchanan Street station was"
"route. Trains from Liverpool and Manchester combined at Preston and divided again at Carstairs, giving through journeys to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Beattock station had closed by this time so that only Lockerbie, Carstairs and Motherwell were served by main line trains to Glasgow, and only Haymarket by Edinburgh trains. With franchising of passenger train services from 1996 under then controversial privatisation of British Rail, Virgin Trains has become the main operator on the London and Birmingham to Glasgow route, introducing Pendolino train sets. Locomotive haulage of passenger trains has virtually disappeared on the route (although locomotive hauled freightliner trains are"
"Pollok House (approximately 10 minutes' walk). Pollokshaws West railway station Pollokshaws West railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line. The station was opened as Pollokshaws on 27 September 1848 by Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway, which later became the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway - a joint railway company between the Caledonian Railway and the Glasgow and South Western Railway. To the south west is Busby Junction where the Busby Railway (latterly part of the Caledonian Railway) diverges."
"Port Glasgow railway station Port Glasgow railway station is on the Inverclyde Line, serving the town of Port Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in the town centre with the main entrance at the junction of Princes Street and John Wood Street. It dates from March 1841, being one of the intermediate stations on the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway which opened on that date. It later became a junction in 1865, when the branch to was opened. The main line was then extended to in 1889 by the Caledonian Railway. The two lines diverge to the west of the station,"
"Glasgow is . The station was built by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and opened on 21 February 1842. In 1865 the E&GR was absorbed into the North British Railway, in 1878 the entire station was redesigned by the civil engineer James Carswell. It became part of the LNER group in 1923. The climb through the tunnel to Cowlairs is at 1 in 42 and until 1909 trains were hauled up on a rope operated by a stationary engine, although experiments were carried out using banking engines in 1844–48. Three people died in 1928 when a train leaving the station"
"to Glasgow Central using Pendolino trains, and from London Euston to Glasgow and Edinburgh via Birmingham New Street using Virgin Super Voyager or Virgin Pendolino trains. Early morning or late evening services to/from Edinburgh Waverley/Glasgow Central or Carlisle or Lancaster start or terminate at Birmingham New Street and peak services to and from London terminate and start at Lancaster or Carlisle. A few services to/from Crewe also terminate/start at Lancaster. These services normally use platforms 3 and 4. TransPennine Express operate regional express services from and to Edinburgh and Glasgow via the West Coast Main Line using Class 350 EMUs."
"4 trains to Glasgow Central. Virgin Trains provide 6 daily services. There are 3 trains per day to Glasgow Central, 1 to Birmingham New Street, 1 to London Euston and 1 to Crewe. On Sundays, there are 2 trains per day to Glasgow, 1 to London and 1 to Crewe. Lockerbie railway station Lockerbie railway station lies on the West Coast Main Line between and Carstairs in Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located 75 miles south of Glasgow Central and 324 miles north of London Euston. The station was opened along with the first section of the Caledonian"
"fringes of Glasgow. The station is from the junction at Newton. There are two tracks; both are electrified on the 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead system. Each track has a platform on the outside of the rail line, long enough for an eight-coach train. Monday to Saturdays, 4 trains per hour go to Glasgow Central Low Level, before continuing to (/) northbound. Southbound a half-hourly service operates to via ; one of these per hour continues to via . Additionally a half-hourly express service calls at Blantyre before continuing up to then onto the Larkhall line and terminating. Blantyre"
"College station in Glasgow was on High Street, and this was not close to the commercial and residential districts of the city. Moreover, the NBR had routes west of the city, to Dumbarton and Helensburgh, and these too were badly connected into the NBR network. The NBR decided to undertake the construction of a sub-surface line running east to west through the city. This became the Glasgow City and District Railway (GC&DR), and it was opened on 15 March 1886. It ran from a location a little east of College, dropping into a new College station at a lower level,"
"Glasgow Airport railway station Glasgow Airport railway station is a planned railway station to serve Glasgow Airport, Scotland. Originally intended to open in 2010, the station would be the western terminus of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) before it was cancelled in 2009 but revived in 2016 as a light rail link. Four tram- trains an hour would run between Glasgow Airport and Glasgow Central stations, with one stop at Paisley Gilmour Street being proposed to be operated by Abellio ScotRail. On 29 November 2006, the Scottish Parliament passed the Glasgow Airport Rail Link bill by 118 votes to"
"other two Gourock trains stop at all stations. This changes in the evenings, and after 8pm only two trains an hour run to Gourock, with the Wemyss Bay train stopping at all stations. The Glasgow Airport Rail Link to Glasgow Airport would have branched off from the Inverclyde Line near Paisley St. James station. In December 2006, the Scottish Executive gave the final go-ahead for the new link to be constructed, however the project was subsequently cancelled in September 2009. Inverclyde Line The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley (Gilmour Street) and a"
"then continue into both main Glasgow stations. There are also peak-hour-only services beginning and terminating at Garscadden, mostly on the Argyle Line (via Glasgow Central Low Level). These enter service (or leave service after terminating here) from the adjacent Yoker TMD reception sidings. Trains operate 4 x hourly (Mondays to Saturdays) from Garscadden to Glasgow City Centre, with two going to Glasgow Central Low Level and two going to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level. Those to Central continue to and (alternate trains only), whilst the Queen St trains run to via . In the opposite direction, trains originate from either"
"38 minutes depending on stopping stations and time of day; to Glasgow the journey time is between 23 and 26 minutes. Falkirk Grahamston lies on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line. Trains from Glasgow Queen Street on the Cumbernauld Line terminate at Falkirk Grahamston. There is also a daily direct service to/from London (King's Cross) provided by London North Eastern Railway, and the ""Caledonian Sleeper"" to London Euston in the southbound direction only also calls here. The main station building was opened in 1985 and serves over 950,000 passenger journeys each year. Falkirk bus station lies in the town centre and"
"Sundays, an hourly Partick to Cumbernauld service each way operates between 9am and 8pm. Alexandra Parade railway station ""This station was once named Alexandra Park: for a guide to the various stations of that name see Alexandra Park railway station (disambiguation)"". Alexandra Parade railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1¾ miles (3 km) east of on the North Clyde Line (Springburn branch). The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail. It was built as part of the City of Glasgow Union Railway which provided a link across the Clyde (between the Glasgow and Paisley Joint"
"maintain a service from Glasgow to north-east England. Although these are operated by diesel trains they continue to operate via Carstairs rather than the more direct Shotts line, which is not maintained for high speed running. Starting from Glasgow Central (High Level), the line follows the main spine of the WCML to Motherwell where it continues to the town of Carstairs, South Lanarkshire. Here the line splits at Carstairs Junction where it joins another branch from the Southern Section of the WCML through a tight curve with a permanent speed restriction of 20 mph. From Carstairs the line proceeds in"
"Govan subway station Govan subway station is a station serving the area of Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde. Just to the south of the station is the main depot and test track for the Glasgow Subway. The station is located near the historic Govan Old Parish Church. This station forms an interchange station, being adjacent to Govan bus station. This combined with the fact that the subway to Partick forms the only rail link across the Clyde west of the city centre means that it is one of the busier"
"Southside railway station Southside railway station, Glasgow, Scotland, was an early passenger terminal situated in the Gorbals area of the city. The station opened on 29 September 1848, for trains operated by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway, which a short time later was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. From 1849, until the opening of Glasgow Central station in 1879, the station was used as a terminal for the Caledonian Railway’s Lanarkshire services on its route to Carlisle which is now part of the West Coast Main Line. From September 1877 Southside station was replaced by Gorbals station for"
"morning peak time finishes at 09:00 (rather than 09:15) with no evening peak time. Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street are the two mainline train stations, both in the city centre. Services to the south leave from Central, and to the north leave from Queen Street. Two lines run underground east to west through the city centre: the North Clyde line through Queen Street and the Argyle Line through Central, from underground platforms below the mainline stations. The North Clyde and Argyle lines meet at Partick, which is also served by the Glasgow Subway. There are Subway stations near Central"
"Transport in Glasgow The city of Glasgow, Scotland has a transport system encompassing air, rail, road, and an underground rail line. Prior to 1962, the city was also served by trams. Glasgow has two international airports and also served by a seaplane terminal: There are also two small airfields in the nearby towns of Cumbernauld, and Strathaven, near East Kilbride. The city has two main line railway stations. Queen Street Station, located on George Square which connects Glasgow to the North of Scotland, and Edinburgh. Glasgow Central station, located on Gordon Street is the northern terminus of the West Coast"
"Inverclyde Line The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley (Gilmour Street) and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services. The line has been in operation since the 1840s between Glasgow and Greenock and was the first passenger service to follow the River Clyde to the coast. The line was electrified in 1967. The line was opened by the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway on 31 March 1841, and initially ran"
"Bellgrove railway station Bellgrove Railway Station is located in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, serving the city's Calton, Gallowgate and south Dennistoun neighbourhoods. The station is approximately to the east of , and is managed by Abellio ScotRail. The station is an island platform served by trains on the North Clyde Line, and provides an interchange between the lines to and . The station is accessed from Bellgrove Street via stairs, and is approximately a mile (2 km) away from Celtic Park. The station opened in 1871 on the North British Railways Coatbridge branch and the City of Glasgow"
"to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to . With the timetable revision starting on 18 May 2014, a limited hourly Sunday service now operates on this route. Maryhill railway station Maryhill railway station is a railway station serving the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 8 km (4¾ miles) north west of , a short distance east of Maryhill Viaduct and Maryhill Park Junction. It has two side platforms. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Maryhill was previously the terminus for the eponymous line when it reopened"
"Clyde, at Bridge Street, which also had five tracks and four platforms. Southside railway station Southside railway station, Glasgow, Scotland, was an early passenger terminal situated in the Gorbals area of the city. The station opened on 29 September 1848, for trains operated by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway, which a short time later was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. From 1849, until the opening of Glasgow Central station in 1879, the station was used as a terminal for the Caledonian Railway’s Lanarkshire services on its route to Carlisle which is now part of the West Coast Main"
"insisted on bridges with at least one lifting section. The Caledonian Railway's main line from London, via Carstairs, which opened to Edinburgh on 15 February 1848 and to Glasgow on 1 November 1849 remained on the north-side of the Clyde, at Buchanan Street, eventually moving to Glasgow Central Station (see below). The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) achieved the first river crossing, by means of the City of Glasgow Union Railway. The line left the Joint Railway near Shields Road (now Shields Junction) and continued through the Gorbals. It crossed the River Clyde at Hutchesontown to their new St"
"from the coastal town. A similar service operates from Glasgow Central to North Berwick. The users of the line are: All First ScotRail services call at Haymarket, Carstairs and Motherwell on the route. A few Virgin Trains services call at Carstairs, and most trains call at Haymarket and Motherwell (or their journeys to/from Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively). All NXEC services call at Motherwell, with most now calling at Haymarket also, (the departure time for London bound services from Glasgow is now 10 minutes earlier than the 2007 timetable to allow for this extra call), previously passengers traveling from North Scotland"