View from SSW showing Hope Street front (WNW front)

Description View from SSW showing Hope Street front (WNW front)

Date 14/7/1970

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 733550

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow The first part of Central Station was opened in 1879 by the Caledonian Railway as a city-centre terminus for its Anglo-Scottish services. It was enlarged and remodelled between 1899 and 1905 to designs by Donald Mathieson, engineer and James Miller, architect to handle most the Company's services. This shows the frontage of the 1899-1905 extension to Hope Street, from the south-west, with part of the bridge carrying the station over Argyle Street to the right. The large arched windows are at platform level, and the small arches give access to the low-level station, parcels office and carriageway. The station as completed is a masterpiece of compression, and still handles large numbers of trains and passengers. The management of pedestrian flow is particularly good, though somewhat reduced in effectiveness by modern commercial developments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/30/24

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733550

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap