Argyle Street railway station is a very busy station on the Argyle Line, which is below street level. It has a narrow and often crowded island platform. The reason for this is that it is in the middle of a large shopping area. It serves the Argyle Street shopping precinct as well as the St Enoch Centre.

History

Opened in 1979 and operated by the Scottish Region of British Railways by arrangement with the Greater Glasgow PTE, the station was served by ScotRail when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station was built on the former Glasgow Central Railway route as part of the Argyle Line reopening.

Station access

Station access is via Argyle Street and Osborne Street into the ticket hall, then down a steep escalator into the station lower level (below platform level), where a second escalator (or stairs at either end of the lower level) take you back up onto the island platform which is located directly under Argyle street.

During the 2006/7 escalator renewal work the only passenger access to the lower level (under platform) of the station was via the steep emergency exit steps.

Disabled access

This station does not have any disabled access due to the location of the narrow island platform and wheelchairs, pushchairs and any passenger unable to use the escalators are directed to Glasgow Central Station low level 500 yards to the west along Argyle Street. There are many complaints about disabled access to this station. However it is not possible to install passenger lifts in this station because of the island platform being located under Argyle Street. The platform itself is very narrow any lift would not be able to be placed on the platform. Wheelchairs would also cause safety issues on this platform as sections of the platform where the escalators and stairs emerge onto the platform are only around 1 metre wide.

Services

From 1979

Mondays to Saturdays

• 3 per hour - Dalmuir to Hamilton Circle (clockwise)
• 3 per hour - Dalmuir to Hamilton Circle (anti-clockwise)
• 1 per hour Limited Stop - Milngavie to Lanark

2006

On Monday to Saturdays, trains leave approximately once every 10 minutes, destined for Dalmuir, Milngavie , Partick, Yoker, Singer, Lanark, Larkhall, Hamilton Central and Motherwell. During peak hours, express services to Cambuslang, continuting to Coatbridge via Hamilton Central are also available.

Services on Sundays are Balloch-Motherwell, Helensburgh Central-Cambuslang, Cambuslang-Lanark and Milngavie-Lanark. These are limited services that stop only during station opening hours, which are between 10am and 6pm on Sundays.

From 2007

On Monday to Saturdays, trains leave approximately once every 10 minutes, destined for Dalmuir, Milngavie , Partick, Yoker, Singer, Lanark, Larkhall, Hamilton Central and Motherwell. During peak hours, services to Coatbridge and Carstairs are also available.

Services on Sundays are Balloch-Motherwell, Milngavie-Motherwell or Lanark, and Partick-Larkhall. These are limited services that stop only during station opening hours, which are between 10am and 6pm on Sundays.

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References

Notes

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Glasgow Central Railway