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Grahame wrote:Nice maps James. Does that Buchanan Street tunnel still exist?
Rucola wrote:Those people in the photo were just concreted over and are still living underneath the station, going about their business in the perfectly preserved houses and shops
james73 wrote:http://www.hipkiss.org/cgi-bin/maps.pl?cat=glasgow
The above link has two images from 1951. The proposal was for a Glasgow
North railway station. Basically, it involved significant remodelling of Buchanan
Street Station, closure of Queen St High Level, with the Queen St mainlines
being diverted at Cowlairs to run into the Buchanan Street site instead. An
interesting point was the complete excavation of the Buchanan Street tunnel,
quite a lot of earth moving there. ::):
I recall reading of a Glasgow South station idea, which presumably was around
the same time as the above scheme.
James H
fatweegee wrote:james73 wrote:http://www.hipkiss.org/cgi-bin/maps.pl?cat=glasgow
The above link has two images from 1951. The proposal was for a Glasgow
North railway station. Basically, it involved significant remodelling of Buchanan
Street Station, closure of Queen St High Level, with the Queen St mainlines
being diverted at Cowlairs to run into the Buchanan Street site instead. An
interesting point was the complete excavation of the Buchanan Street tunnel,
quite a lot of earth moving there. ::):
I recall reading of a Glasgow South station idea, which presumably was around
the same time as the above scheme.
James H
In order to rationalise the city's mainline services, Bruce suggested that all four Victorian railway stations be demolished and replaced with two new purpose built stations. A new Glasgow North station was proposed roughly on the site of Buchanan Street station (occupying a larger area) to replace Buchanan Street and Queen Street stations. A Glasgow South station was proposed on the approximate site of Glasgow Central station to replace Central and St Enoch stations. Bruce's plan then called for a new bus station on the Queen Street site, with the "low level" railway station there remaining to provide suburban services and to connect the new bus station to the rail network.
These plans were never implemented, and all four stations remained until the 1960s when the Beeching Axe reforms changed the shape of rail services across the United Kingdom. Beeching's reforms spelt the end for both Buchanan Street and St Enoch stations which closed, effectively rationalising rail services in the city along similar lines to Bruce's two station plan, but without requiring the demolition of four stations and construction of two new ones.
All part of the Bruce plan to modernise Glasgow - Buchanan Street and Queen Street Stations to be replaced by Glasgow North with Central and St. Enoch's Stations to be replaced by Glasgow South.
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