Out of the Past ... a present for the Future - brochure issued by British Rail, Glasgow stations - 1966
The cover of a small 1966 British Rail publication lauding the closure of both Buchanan St and St Enoch stations in Glasgow - the sentiments expressed inside leave no room for doubt in BR's mind - and it has to be said that Glasgow, at least, did have substantial investment in the electrification of its suburban network that at least limited the damage of closures in some respects. Needless to say various of the closures connected with this 1960s process have since been rescinded with some important closures being reversed, and Glasgow is still debating ways of bringing some of the St Enoch's lines back into the east-west deep level lines. The closure and demolition of St Enoch's, architecturally, was probably the biggest crime. The General Manager, W G Thorpe, can be quoted "But the disappearance of these stations should not be regarded in any nostalgic or negative sense but rather as milestones reached on the road to progress which has committed us to the gigantic task of bringing the railways in Scotland up to date and fitting them for the 1970s". Hmm.
The cover of this early example of the then new BR corporate identity logo shows one of the lovely "Blue Train" emu's storming ahead, and seen leaving the age of steam behind!
Out of the Past ... a present for the Future - brochure issued by British Rail, Glasgow stations - 1966
The cover of a small 1966 British Rail publication lauding the closure of both Buchanan St and St Enoch stations in Glasgow - the sentiments expressed inside leave no room for doubt in BR's mind - and it has to be said that Glasgow, at least, did have substantial investment in the electrification of its suburban network that at least limited the damage of closures in some respects. Needless to say various of the closures connected with this 1960s process have since been rescinded with some important closures being reversed, and Glasgow is still debating ways of bringing some of the St Enoch's lines back into the east-west deep level lines. The closure and demolition of St Enoch's, architecturally, was probably the biggest crime. The General Manager, W G Thorpe, can be quoted "But the disappearance of these stations should not be regarded in any nostalgic or negative sense but rather as milestones reached on the road to progress which has committed us to the gigantic task of bringing the railways in Scotland up to date and fitting them for the 1970s". Hmm.
The cover of this early example of the then new BR corporate identity logo shows one of the lovely "Blue Train" emu's storming ahead, and seen leaving the age of steam behind!