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Glasgow Central (Main)

Glasgow Central Station

Glasgow Central station is the UK's main railway terminal. It is located in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. It was operated by the Caledon Railway Bureau on July 31, 1879 and is now the largest hub station in Glasgow. It is also the British state-run. One of the 19 hub stations directly under the jurisdiction of the railway company. The train station is the northern end of the main line of the West Coast.

The station operates all suburban routes in southern Glasgow, including the feeder lines of Ayrshire and the Clyde Coast, and is the departure point for Glasgow to all English cities. In addition, the Argyll Line and another suburban route lead to Edinburgh as a complementary route to the Glasgow Edinburgh Railway, which ends at Glasgow Queen Street Station.

With a traffic volume of 27 million passengers between 2013 and 2014, Glasgow Central Station has become one of the ten busiest railway stations in the UK. According to the statistics of the British National Railways, the annual traffic is about 38 million, of which 80% is passenger traffic. In view of the lessons of the St. Enoch station, the Glasgow Central Station complex was registered as a Class A protected building by the Scottish Government.

Station Facilities

• First class lounge
• Service Desk
• Visitor Center
• Accessible Channel
• Luggage storage
• Taxi stand

Railway Service

• Railway operator: Scottish Railway Company

(1) Go to Carlisle, Via Kilmarnock and Dumfries (2) Go to Stranraer, Via Kimarnock, Ayr and Girvan (3) Travel to Ayrm via Troon and Prestwick Airport (4) To Ardrossan, Arran (5) Go to Wemyss Bay, Rothesay

• Railway operator: Virgin Train

(1) Travel to London Euston, via Carlisle, Lancaster and Preston (2) Travel to London Euston, via Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston, Birmingham and Coventry

• Railway operator: Trans Pennine Express

Travel to Manchester, via Carlisle, Oxenholme Lake, Lancaster and Preston

• Railway operator: CrossCountry

To Plymouth, Newcastle, Durham, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Bristol, Taunton and Exeter

• Railway Operator: Caledonian Sleeper Caledonian Sleeper

One night to London Euston

Traffic in the city

The Glasgow Metro is the easiest to reach most of the city's most popular attractions, but there is no underground station at Glasgow Central Station. The nearest metro station is St Enoch, preferably from the second-level exit of Glasgow Central Station to Argyll Street, turn left from this exit and St Enoch is a 5-minute walk away.

This Argyll Street exit is located below the station, so you will need to follow the escalators that connect the main part of the station to the platforms 16 and 17.

The local train on platform 17 goes to Partick, 3 stops from the centre of Glasgow, and the Partick station offers light rail links to the Glasgow metro.

In the opposite direction, just a stop from Partick to Govan, a 5-minute walk from the Tall Ships Museum, where the free ferry will pass through the River Clyde to the magnificent Riverside Transport Museum (Riverside) Museum of Transport).

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. With some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wider economic base. The population of the City of Sheffield is 582,506 (mid-2018 est.) and it is one of the eight largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group. Sheffield is the third-largest English district by population. The metropolitan population of Sheffield is 1,569,000.The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines, and the valleys of the River Don and its four tributaries, the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space, and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees.Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, with many significant inventions and technologies developed in the city. In the 19th century, the city saw a huge expansion of its traditional cutlery trade, when stainless steel and crucible steel were developed locally, fuelling an almost tenfold increase in the population. Sheffield received its municipal charter in 1843, becoming the City of Sheffield in 1893. International competition in iron and steel caused a decline in these industries in the 1970s and 1980s, coinciding with the collapse of coal mining in the area. The 21st century has seen extensive redevelopment in Sheffield, along with other British cities. Sheffield's gross value added (GVA) has increased by 60% since 1997, standing at £9.2 billion in 2007. The economy has experienced steady growth averaging around 5% annually, greater than that of the broader region of Yorkshire and the Humber.The city has a long sporting heritage, and is home to the world's oldest football club, Sheffield F.C. Games between the two professional clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, are known as the Steel City derby. The city is also home to the World Snooker Championship and the Sheffield Steelers, the UK's first professional ice hockey team.

Glasgow (, also UK: , US: ; Scots: Glesga [ˈɡlezɡə]; Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu [ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu]) is the most populous city in Scotland, and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom, as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority is Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West Central Lowlands. It is the fifth most visited city in the UK.Inhabitants of the city are referred to formally as "Glaswegians" or "Weegies". Glasgow is also known for the Glasgow patter, a distinct dialect of the Scots language that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city. Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Scotland, and tenth largest by tonnage in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh, and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the fifteenth century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the eighteenth century. From the eighteenth century onwards, the city also grew as one of Great Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the population and economy of Glasgow and the surrounding region expanded rapidly to become one of the world's pre-eminent centres of chemicals, textiles and engineering; most notably in the shipbuilding and marine engineering industry, which produced many innovative and famous vessels. Glasgow was the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, although many cities argue the title was theirs.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Glasgow's population grew rapidly, reaching a peak of 1,127,825 people in 1938. Comprehensive urban renewal projects in the 1960s resulted in large-scale relocation of people to designated new towns, such as Cumbernauld, Livingston, East Kilbride and peripheral suburbs, followed by successive boundary changes. This process reduced the population of the City of Glasgow council area to an estimated 615,070, with 1,209,143 people living in the Greater Glasgow urban area. The wider metropolitan area is home to over 1,800,000 people, equating to around 33% of Scotland's population. The city has one of the highest densities of any locality in Scotland at 4,023/km2. Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the first European Championships in 2018; and is also well known in the sporting world for football (particularly the Old Firm rivalry between Celtic and Rangers), rugby, athletics, tennis, golf and swimming.