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Location notes
Glasgow Central station is at the north end of the WCML and the terminus for the Ayrshire coast and Glasgow Southside commuter services. It is the busiest station in Scotland with an almost constant stream of trains arriving and departing.
Railway type and traffic
DMUs - 156s, 220s, 221s and 170s soon.
EMUs - 314s, 318s, 322s (only a few per day), 334s and 390s (only one return per day plus driver training)
Loco-hauled - 91s, East Coast HSTs occasionally, Virgin 390s, DB Schenker 90s on the Caledonian Sleeper
Glasgow Central is visited weekly by the Network Rail NMT (the Yellow HST), plus there are occasional workings such as driver training and the OHLE test train. Keep an eye on scot-rail to see if any thing interesting is happening.
EMUs - 314s, 318s, 322s (only a few per day), 334s and 390s (only one return per day plus driver training)
Loco-hauled - 91s, East Coast HSTs occasionally, Virgin 390s, DB Schenker 90s on the Caledonian Sleeper
Glasgow Central is visited weekly by the Network Rail NMT (the Yellow HST), plus there are occasional workings such as driver training and the OHLE test train. Keep an eye on scot-rail to see if any thing interesting is happening.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Glasgow Central
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Environment
A major station, fully staffed so usually very safe. There is a British Transport Police office on site.
Road directions
From M8 eastbound:
Come off M8 at Junction 21 (signposted East Kilbride). The motorway ends at a junction with the A8 Paisley Road. Turn right along Paisley Road and continue for 600m until you come to the junction with Commerce Street. Turn left and cross over the Clyde. Straight over the next two junctions along Oswald Street and then Hope Street. Once onto Hope Street, you'll find off-street parking on the right hand side (certainly short stay and probably long stay).
From M8 westbound:
Come off the M8 at junction 20 after crossing the Kingston Bridge. This should bring you onto West Street which you continue along north to Paisley Road. Turn right onto Paisley Road, along Paisley Road until you reach the junction with Commerce Street; turn left onto Commerce Street and cross the Clyde. Continue over the next junction onto Oswald Street, then over the next onto Hope Street. Glasgow Central's off street parking is on the right hand side.
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Glasgow Central map co-ordinates
Come off M8 at Junction 21 (signposted East Kilbride). The motorway ends at a junction with the A8 Paisley Road. Turn right along Paisley Road and continue for 600m until you come to the junction with Commerce Street. Turn left and cross over the Clyde. Straight over the next two junctions along Oswald Street and then Hope Street. Once onto Hope Street, you'll find off-street parking on the right hand side (certainly short stay and probably long stay).
From M8 westbound:
Come off the M8 at junction 20 after crossing the Kingston Bridge. This should bring you onto West Street which you continue along north to Paisley Road. Turn right onto Paisley Road, along Paisley Road until you reach the junction with Commerce Street; turn left onto Commerce Street and cross the Clyde. Continue over the next junction onto Oswald Street, then over the next onto Hope Street. Glasgow Central's off street parking is on the right hand side.
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Glasgow Central map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a short stay car park in the station and long stay car parks close by.
Public transport
A large number of trains from all over the Glasgow area and the UK.
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Amenities
Glasgow, being a former European city of Culture has plenty of places to eat both in the station and close by outside.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Glasgow Central
Streetmap links
Glasgow Central general view map
Glasgow Central close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Glasgow Central
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Glasgow Central
Googly map
Glasgow Central general view map
Glasgow Central close up map
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Photographic notes
Glasgow Central has a huge number of vantage points but you need to watch the sun though as the station runs north-south with the trains arriving and departing from the south end of the station.
One of the best locations is platform 11a which is situated right out over the Clyde and allows you to watch all the comings and goings.
Platform 2 and 10 give some nice vantage points from about halfway up their length of trains approaching the shorter platforms in between - the station is fitted with TPWS so arriving trains will be moving slowly.
One of the best locations is platform 11a which is situated right out over the Clyde and allows you to watch all the comings and goings.
Platform 2 and 10 give some nice vantage points from about halfway up their length of trains approaching the shorter platforms in between - the station is fitted with TPWS so arriving trains will be moving slowly.
Links to photographs at this location
Ewan's Photos - Glasgow Central
Rail Net - UK Tour 2003 - Glasgow
General views - All photographs © Ewan Tait unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
From platform 1 - 2.
Fig 2 - Looking north
Reverse angle of fig 1
Fig 3 - Looking north
From platfrom 11a
Fig 4 - Looking south
Same position as fig 3, reverse angle.
Fig 5 - Looking north
From platform 9
Fig 6 - Within the station
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
