The St Enoch Centre on the site of the old St Enoch mainline station in 2005, with the former Subway station (now travel centre) on the right

St Enoch Station was a former mainline railway station in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 852 KB) The St Enoch Shopping Centre and the St Enoch Travel Centre (part of the now demolished St Enoch railway station) in St Enoch Square, Glasgow, Scotland. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2288x1712, 852 KB) The St Enoch Shopping Centre and the St Enoch Travel Centre (part of the now demolished St Enoch railway station) in St Enoch Square, Glasgow, Scotland. ... A train arrives at West Street station. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

Located on St Enoch Square in the city centre, it was opened by the City of Glasgow Union Railway, in 1876 ^[1]. The first passenger train stopping there on 1 May 1876; and the official opening taking place on 17 October 1876^[1]. 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In 1883 it was taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway and it became their head quarters^[1]. In the 1923 grouping it was taken over and then operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. After the nationalisation of the United Kingdom rail network, the station was run by British Railways. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Glasgow and South Western Railway formed part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... The Railways Act of 1921, also known as the Grouping Act, was an enactment by the British government of David Lloyd George intended to stem the losses being made by many of the countrys one hundred and twenty railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition, and to... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ... British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

It was a large station with 12 platforms and two impressive semi-cylindrical glass/iron overall roofs. The station was closed in 1966 as part of the rationalisation of the railway system undertaken by Dr Richard Beeching. The roofs of the structure were demolished, despite protests, in 1977^[2]. The St Enoch Hotel which fronted the station was also demolished in 1977^[2]. The site is now occupied by another glass structure, the St Enoch Centre, a large shopping centre. The remains of the station and hotel were used to help in fill the Queen's Dock, today the home of the SECC.^[2] 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Richard Beeching Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 - 23 March 1985) (more commonly known as Dr Beeching), was a British physicist and engineer, and chairman of British Railways. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... St Enoch Square and the St Enoch shopping centre The St. ... The front of the SECC The Clyde Auditorium with the main SECC building behind it The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), located on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, is Scotlands national venue for public events. ...

The red sandstone ticket hall which stands in St Enoch Square immediately west of the shopping centre is not part of the former rail station, but in fact the former ticket hall for the adjacent St Enoch subway station on the Glasgow Subway. Though the mainline station is gone, parts of the arcaded approach embankments (now containing shops and restaurants) can be seen to the east of the shopping centre's carpark; though these currently go nowhere they once connected with the Glasgow City Union Railway and the City Union Bridge of 1899 which still spans the River Clyde to destinations in the south. A train arrives at West Street station. ... The River Clyde, looking eastwards upstream, as it passes beneath the Kingston Bridge in Central Glasgow. ...

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