Charing Cross railway station (Scotland)
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Charing Cross (Glasgow)  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′53″N 4°16′12″W / 55.8647°N 4.2700°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS580658 | ||||
| Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | CHC | ||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||
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| 15 March 1886 | Opened | ||||
| 1970 | Rebuilt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  0.363 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.918 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.310 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.505 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.563 million | ||||
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Charing Cross (Glasgow) is a railway station close to the centre of Glasgow, Scotland, serving the district of the same name. It is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.
History
[edit]Dating from 1886, it was originally part of the Glasgow City and District Railway, the first underground railway in Scotland, and as such the station is built below the surface of the surrounding streets. The station was built using the cut and cover method, with the original walls being visible on the open air section at the western end of the platforms. Nearby points of interest include Sauchiehall Street and the Mitchell Library, and the station (along with nearby Anderston - a stop on the Argyle Line), serves the city's financial district, making this station popular with commuters.
The original surface building of the station was located at the western end of the platforms, on North Street adjacent to the Mitchell Library, but in 1968 it was demolished due to it being in the path of the new Glasgow Inner Ring Road, and the surface access to the station was moved to its eastern end, with a new surface building constructed as part of the Elmbank Gardens office complex in 1971 - the building was designed by the Richard Seifert & Partners. In 1995 it received a minor refurbishment when lifts were provided down to platform level. The present station contains a staffed ticket office.
Under the Charing Cross Masterplan for the area unveiled by Glasgow City Council and the owner of Elmbank Gardens - London and Scottish Property Investments (L&SPI),[1] the current surface buildings will be demolished and rebuilt as part of a new development which will see most of the surrounding 1970s-era office blocks demolished and the site redeveloped with new offices and student accommodation.
Automatic ticket gates have now been installed and came into operation on 3 June 2011.[citation needed]
In 2025, Charing Cross station was adopted by COWI through Scotrail's Adopt A Station programme.[2] Raised beds and whisky barrel train planters were installed in June 2025 with volunteers from Alzheimer Scotland and St. Patrick's Primary School.[3]
Services
[edit]The service pattern, Mondays-Saturdays Daytime, is as following:[4]
- 2tph Edinburgh to Milngavie
- 2tph Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central, semi-fast
- 2tph Airdrie to Balloch via Singer
- 2tph Cumbernauld to Dumbarton Central via Yoker
- 2tph Milngavie to Edinburgh, express
- 2tph Dumbarton Central to Cumbernauld
- 2tph Balloch to Airdrie
- 2tph Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh Waverley
Sunday service is:
- 2tph Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central
- 1tph Cumbernauld to Partick
- 2tph Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh
- 1tph Partick to Cumbernauld
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Glasgow Queen Street | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Partick | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Glasgow Queen Street Line and Station open |
Glasgow City and District Railway North British Railway |
Finnieston Line open; Station closed | ||
Gallery
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Class 334 at Charing Cross -
Charing Cross exterior in April 2008 -
Current exterior of Charing Cross station -
Platforms at Charing Cross -
Class 320 at Charing Cross
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References
[edit]- ^ "CONSULTATION Starts On £250million 'Charing Cross Gateway' Transformation". reGlasgow. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Charing Cross station set to bloom thanks to new station adopters". ScotRail. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ^ Watkins, Lucy (11 August 2025). "Raised beds and barrel trains installed at Charing Cross Station". Glasgow Wood. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Bibliography
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- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.