Charing Cross [GC and DR]
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Charing Cross [GC and DR] (1886-)
Opened on the Glasgow City and District Railway.
Open on the Glasgow to Helensburgh.
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Description
This is a two platform station. The station is almost underground, but is open at the west end. Ticket offices are at ground level with platforms below.
The station always been below ground level being on a line built by cut and cover. The west end of the platforms formerly featured glass canopies. A little more of the station was open to the air in the past.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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