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Glasgow, St Enoch Square, St Enoch Subway Station

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Railway Station (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, St Enoch Square, St Enoch Subway Station

Classification Railway Station (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Travel Centre; St Enoch Underground Railway Station; Glasgow Subway System; 'clockwork Orange'

Canmore ID 130846

Site Number NS56NE 231

NGR NS 58937 65004

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130846

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Glasgow, general view, showing St Enoch Station and College Goods Station. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a print.
Glasgow, general view, showing St Enoch Station and College Goods Station. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a print.Interior. View of escalator landing and turnstile within concourse of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking along platform and tracks of St Enoch subway station, with a train sitting at opposite platformInterior. View looking along the platform of St Enoch subway station, with a train leaving the stationInterior. View of tunnel openings within St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking diagonally across the platforms and tracks of St Enoch subway station, with train sitting at opposite platformView from north of the glass canopied northern entrance to St Enoch's subway stationView from south east of the glass canopied northern entrance to St Enoch's subway stationView from south of the St Enoch's subway station buildingView from the south looking across St Enoch's Square to the entrance of the subway stationGlasgow, St. Enoch Underground Station. General view of North Entrance.View from SSE showing SSW and ESE fronts of station with 30-22 St Enoch Square in backgroundInterior. View along concourse of St Enoch subway station, towards stair and escalators linking station to St Enoch Square aboveInterior. View of ticket machines and ticket office within the concourse of St Enoch subway stationGlasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. General view from North East.Glasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. General view from North West with taxis.Interior. View of stairs and escalator linking concourse of St Enoch subway station with St Enoch Square aboveInterior. View looking along turnstiles within the concourse of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking back along the concourse of St Enoch subway station, towards rear of ticket office and turnstilesOblique aerial view of St Enoch Square, looking WNW.Glasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. General view from South.Glasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. View from North.Glasgow, general view, showing St Enoch Station and Jamaica Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north. This image has been produced from a print.Interior. View along concourse of St Enoch subway station, including sculpture 'Chthonic Columns' by Mark Firth (1996)Interior. View looking down secondary staircase linking St Enoch Square to concourse of St Enoch subway stationGlasgow, general view, showing Central Station, St Enoch Station and Buchanan Street. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.Interior. View along concourse of St Enoch subway station, including sculpture 'Chthonic Columns' by Mark Firth (1996)Interior. View looking along turnstiles within the concourse of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View of secondary staircase leading from St Enoch subway station concourse up to St Enoch SquareInterior. View looking down secondary staircase linking St Enoch Square to concourse of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking along the platform of St Enoch subway station, with a train waiting in stationInterior. Viewlooking along the platforms and tracks of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View across tracks to Outer Circle platform of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking along the platforms and tracks of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking diagonally across the platforms and tracks of St Enoch subway stationInterior. View looking diagonally across the platforms and tracks of St Enoch subway station, with train arriving in stationOblique aerial view of St Enoch Square and Subway Station, looking S.Glasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. General view from South East.Glasgow, St Enoch Square, South side. General view.Interior. View looking along the concourse of St Enoch subway station to the travel centre ticket officeOblique aerial view of St Enoch Square and Subway Station, looking N.Oblique aerial view of St Enoch Square and Subway Station, looking SSE.Glasgow, St. Enoch Underground Station. General view from North.Glasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. General view from North West.View from SE showing ESE and SSW fronts of station with numbers 26-30 in left backgroundInterior. View looking up escalator linking platform and concourse levels of St Enoch subway stationOblique aerial view of St Enoch Square and Subway Station, looking ESE.Glasgow, St Enoch Undergound Station. View of North Entrance.Glasgow, St Enoch Square, South side. General view.Glasgow, St Enoch Underground Station. General view from South West with taxis.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS56NE 231 58937 65004

For adjacent (main line) terminal station of St Enoch, see NS56SE 69.

For general account of the Glasgow Subway system, see NS56NE 4915.

St Enoch Underground Station (Glasgow Corp) [NAT]

OS 1:1200 map, 1967.

(Location cited as NS 599 650). St Enoch Underground Station, St Enoch Square, built 1895 for the Glasgow District Subway Co. A two-storey, 3- by 3-bay red-sandstone building in Jacobean style, designed by James Miller as the headquarters of the company.

J R Hume 1976.

St Enoch Underground Station (now Travel Centre), St Enoch Square.

E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.

St Enoch Station (Glasgow Subway). This station was opened by the Glasgow District Subway on 14 December 1896, but closed the same day (with the remainder of the system); it was reopened on 21 January 1897. Together with the remainder of the system, the station was closed for refurbishment by the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive on 21 May 1977; it reopened on 16 April 1980, and remains in regular use by passenger traffic.

The bulding was also built as the headquarters and administrative offices of the Glasgow District Subway.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2006.

R V J Butt 1995.

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Architecture Notes

NS56NE 231 58937 65004

ARCHITECT: James Millar, 1895.

German Renaissance of the early 17th century period in Locherbriggs sandstone.

Prospect 1979

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