St. Enoch Subway Station, Glasgow, around time of opening (scanned picture)
Image of the former station building at St. Enoch subway station in the centre of St. Enoch Square in Glasgow. Construction of the 6.5 mile 4ft gauge cable operated underground railway started here in March 1891 and the 15 station circular route of the Glasgow District Subway opened on 14 December 1896. The station was built to the design of architect, James Miller. Overcrowding on the first day and interruptions to service led to the decision to not reopen until 21 January 1897. The Corporation of Glasgow took over the Company in 1923. Electric haulage was introduced separately on the Inner and Outer Circles during 1935. After the system’s closure for extensive modernisation between 1977 and 1980, this building became a travel information centre with new entrances to the station provided to the north and south of this building. Currently it is operated as a coffee shop by one of the national chains. On the right of the picture is the one time St. Enoch Church which was demolished in 1925. On the left is the former Glasgow and South Western Railway St Enoch terminus (opened 1876) and hotel (opened 1879). British Rail closed the station in 1966, the hotel lasting a little longer until 1974. Both were subsequently demolished and replaced by the St. Enoch shopping centre (opened 1989). The square was until more recently used by Corporation bus services (later those of the Passenger Transport Executive and its successors ) until pedestrianisation took over. In the 1950s and 1960s, BEA maintained its Glasgow Air Terminal in one of the shop units on the left under the main line station’s cab road. The picture of the Subway station is from the 1900 book “The Glasgow District Subway” by Andrew Home Morton, whose father, David, was Consulting Mechanical Engineer to the Subway Company at the time of construction.
St. Enoch Subway Station, Glasgow, around time of opening (scanned picture)
Image of the former station building at St. Enoch subway station in the centre of St. Enoch Square in Glasgow. Construction of the 6.5 mile 4ft gauge cable operated underground railway started here in March 1891 and the 15 station circular route of the Glasgow District Subway opened on 14 December 1896. The station was built to the design of architect, James Miller. Overcrowding on the first day and interruptions to service led to the decision to not reopen until 21 January 1897. The Corporation of Glasgow took over the Company in 1923. Electric haulage was introduced separately on the Inner and Outer Circles during 1935. After the system’s closure for extensive modernisation between 1977 and 1980, this building became a travel information centre with new entrances to the station provided to the north and south of this building. Currently it is operated as a coffee shop by one of the national chains. On the right of the picture is the one time St. Enoch Church which was demolished in 1925. On the left is the former Glasgow and South Western Railway St Enoch terminus (opened 1876) and hotel (opened 1879). British Rail closed the station in 1966, the hotel lasting a little longer until 1974. Both were subsequently demolished and replaced by the St. Enoch shopping centre (opened 1989). The square was until more recently used by Corporation bus services (later those of the Passenger Transport Executive and its successors ) until pedestrianisation took over. In the 1950s and 1960s, BEA maintained its Glasgow Air Terminal in one of the shop units on the left under the main line station’s cab road. The picture of the Subway station is from the 1900 book “The Glasgow District Subway” by Andrew Home Morton, whose father, David, was Consulting Mechanical Engineer to the Subway Company at the time of construction.