Glasgow's lost railway station which was grandest in city

The oldest surviving railway station in the city is Glasgow Queen Street, the second mainline terminal in the city .Situated off George Square near to the City Chambers, at the north end of Queen Street, today it still operates a Glasgow to Edinburgh line along with others to the north and east., just behind Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley.

The steep climb at the station’s tunnel to Cowlairs was initially problematic for the station’s trains. Until 1909 a rope hauled by a stationary engine was used to help pull trains upwards. Sadly, a collision caused three deaths when a train rolled backwards into another in 1928. Fifteen others were hospitalised after the incident. Thankfully, modern trains have more than enough power to make the climb.

Based in St Enoch Square, it replaced a nearby previous station run by the same railway, Glasgow Dunlop Street, and was fronted by a large hotel designed by architect Thomas Wilson.In 1883 it became the headquarters of the Glasgow and South Western Railway, who took over the station’s management. Trains ran to Ayr, Kilmarnock and Dumfries, as well as south of the border to Carlisle, Leeds and London St Pancras.

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