Glasgow Central Station

Glasgow Central Station is a magnificent building and on a beautiful day like today it sparkles in the sun.

The Station was opened in 1879 and was extended further between 1901 and 1906. Designed by Robert Rowand Anderson, a well-known Scottish architect also noted for his design of the Scottish National Portrait Galley in Edinburgh and Mount Stuart House in Bute.

Glasgow Central Station has an amazing glass roof. In fact it is in the Guinness Book of Records as having the biggest glass roof in the world. The Station is a Glasgow Landmark Building.

The entrance features ornate ironwork. Seven pillars support the glazed porte-cochere arcade with the travel centre behind and the stone edifice of the Central Hotel rising above. In 2009 the station won the National Rail Awards Major Station of the Year and Overall Station of the Year.

Glasgow Central Station is the start or end point of trips for 40 million people every year.

There was an interesting article last year in the Scotsman on the fascinating history, the stories and some of the key people who work in this fabulous Victorian station.