The "Heilanman's Umbrella" Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two main-line railway stations in Glasgow, Scotland. It is operated by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line. It was opened on July 31, 1879. Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 702 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ...
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The WCML running alogside the M1 motorway in Northamptonshire The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ...
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The station is on two levels - the High Level station slightly above street level, and the underground Low Level station.
The High Level station has 14 platforms covered by a large steel ridge/furrow roof. These platforms are numbered 1 - 11, 11a and 12 - 13. It has a spacious concourse containing a variety of shops, catering outlets, ticket offices and a travel centre. The station is fronted by the Central Hotel on Gordon Street, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson. The station building also houses a long line of shops and bars down the Union Street side. Although not obvious to the general public, there is also an extensive system of tunnels and underground caverns used for car parking and utility purposes built underneath the station. The Central Hotel at Glasgow Central Station Robert Rowand Anderson (1834 – 1921) was an important Scottish Victorian architect. ...
The station's most famous architectural feature is the large glass-walled bridge that takes the station building over Argyle Street, nicknamed as "Heilanman's Umbrella" by locals. This stems from the local urban myth that thrifty Highlanders would rather stand under the bridge than buy an umbrella and venture out into the rain. Underneath the Umbrella is a bustling array of shops and bars, as well as the "Arches" nightclub. Urban Legend is also the name of a 1998 movie. ...
The Low Level station has an island platform and serves the Argyle Line of the Glasgow suburban railway network. Over the festive period at the end of 1994, torrential rain caused the River Kelvin to burst its banks and the Low Level station was completely submerged by the resultant flash flood. It was closed for many months while repairs were affected. The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. ...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
The Kelvin is Glasgows second river after the River Clyde. ...
In 1998, a five-year renovation programme was initiated by Railtrack, which saw the station completely re-roofed and internally refurbished. The final improvement, the installation of new electronic destination signs, was completed at the end of 2003. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Several different companies operate trains to and from this station:
A taxi rank is to the north of the station; buses operate from adjacent streets. The Glasgow Underground operates from St Enoch, about 5 minutes' walk away to the south-east, or Buchanan Street station, 5 minutes' walk to the north. Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ...
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