GRALISTAIR
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Absolutely 100% agree. 9 days would be a sweet spot I think close Friday 11pm and reopen 06.00 a week Monday morning.
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Fire at Glasgow Central (08/03/26)
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zwk500
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Network Rail agree with you, hence the increasing amounts of 9-day blocks over half terms.
QueensCurve
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A field with a burn in it.
The rules on flying over crowds are very loose. You can basically fly a light drone almost anywhere.
There's a plethora of "auditor" time wasters who prove this unfortunately.
A river or a fire?
The no drones sign wasn't there today so someone maybe read this thread and took it down.
swt_passenger
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Is this the spiral ‘carriage driveway’? Here’s a YouTuber’s video with it covered, starts at about the 1 min mark:
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That's great, thanks, really interesting to see.
It's quite nostalgic for me as I remember getting dropped off that way a lot as a kid before they turned the car park/taxi drop off point into a platform.
It's actually an extremely convenient entrance, they should think about making it permanent, although there would be some necessary alterations for safety no doubt.
It's actually an extremely convenient entrance, they should think about making it permanent, although there would be some necessary alterations for safety no doubt.
Problem is today, in normal times, if it was to be open it would quickly turn into an unofficial homeless shelter.
Buzby
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Even back in the day, pedestrians weren’t supposed to use it (as it was the only way taxi’s could enter to pick up and drop off before exiting through the arch to Hope Street/Waterloo Street by driving down the carriageway behind the Destination Boards building). When this was eventually removed, vehicles then used a newly constructed down ramp at the end of P11-P12. With the arrival of the ‘airport’ platform that ramp was removed and all non-BTP vehicles stopped.
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Compared to…. What? The incline is wearying, it takes you on a route where you are hemmed in with barriers not forgetting the wooden ramp halfway down cover goodness-knows what. It isn’t near a ticket office and as for bring dumped next to P13/14 may suit some, it’s quite a path to the lower numbered platforms. Compare that to the nearby Hope Street entrance that not only sports a ticket office, access to the lower numbered platforms level and some escalators that take you up to the concourse with no effort.
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Pinus contorta
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I wouldn't say its that clever with the incline. I used it last week. Any other station of that size with an undercroft access ( Man. Pic trams , St. Pancras shops spring to mind) has escalators.
The ramp is pretty handy leaving Platform 11 and others in that area. You're straight off the platform and directed onto the ramp so you're not really dealing with oncoming foot traffic.
Pretty sure the wooden ramp halfway down goes over a full width barrier that rises from the ground. Not sure of the terminology!
Pretty sure the wooden ramp halfway down goes over a full width barrier that rises from the ground. Not sure of the terminology!
Good to see such high numbers returning to Central so quickly.
news.stv.tv
“ScotRail recorded around 120,000 passenger journeys at the station on Wednesday, as people used the trains to return to work, education, and for leisure travel.
During the period when only low-level services were operating, between March 11 and 17, weekday journeys averaged around 55,000.
This rose to 94,000 after the partial reopening of nine high-level platforms between March 18 and 24, before returning to near-normal levels with the full resumption of services with all station platforms available.
ScotRail’s chief operating officer David Ross said: “We’re really pleased to see customers coming back to the railway in such strong numbers following the return of our normal timetable at Glasgow Central.”
120,000 passengers return to Glasgow Central Station after major fire
All platforms in Scotland's busiest railway station fully reopened on Wednesday.
news.stv.tv
“ScotRail recorded around 120,000 passenger journeys at the station on Wednesday, as people used the trains to return to work, education, and for leisure travel.
During the period when only low-level services were operating, between March 11 and 17, weekday journeys averaged around 55,000.
This rose to 94,000 after the partial reopening of nine high-level platforms between March 18 and 24, before returning to near-normal levels with the full resumption of services with all station platforms available.
ScotRail’s chief operating officer David Ross said: “We’re really pleased to see customers coming back to the railway in such strong numbers following the return of our normal timetable at Glasgow Central.”
fairysdad
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Out of interest, what are the normal numbers?
Mcr Warrior
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Think I've seen 70,000 passengers per day widely mentioned.
hexagon789
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Around 70k per day (25.3m per annum)
MadMac
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Apologies if already posted, but the Council has posted an update (with pictures) as of Friday HERE. Among the key points: “Work continues on the site to clear away the rubble following the demolition of the collapsed building with currently fourteen 18-tonne vehicles of rubble being excavated daily”.
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In picture number 3, is the building with several broken windows part of the station or part of the hotel?
MadMac
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I was wondering about that. I interpreted it as part of the hotel.
DesDobramento
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Given the damage in picture 3, has the Hotel re-opened?
Peter Mugridge
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I think it's clear from picture 1 that it's the end wall of the hotel?
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MadMac
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That looks like it might be a fire escape behind the broken windows. If they’ve lost use of that, it means (at least) a loss of capacity. Presumably, the relevant authorities would have to recertify the building based on that.
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I had the exact same thought - it looks very like a galvanised steel fire escape rather than a normal public area.
LNW-GW Joint
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Isn't the Grand Central Hotel on the north-western corner of the site (ie Hope St)?
The fire was on the north-eastern (Union St) corner, so the GC hotel should be relatively unscathed (though currently part of the closed Gordon St frontage).
At least that's my memory of the hotel site from having stayed there once.
Buzby
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The hotel site runs the length of Hope Street and the Gordon Street frontage stops adjacent to the Union Building, so pretty close to the seat of the fire. It’s a miracle that small firebreak helped save it.
It extends all the way along the front of the station to right next to where the fire was. There appears to be quite a lot of smoke and water damage at that end.
Scotty Dog
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According to ASLEF the fire was actually at Glasgow Queen Street and will mean trains to Edinburgh will be disrupted for weeks.
So says their new General Secretary in the latest version of the drivers union monthly magazine, the Journal.
You would think a rail union General Secretary would know his job and the impact on his members better than most.
So says their new General Secretary in the latest version of the drivers union monthly magazine, the Journal.
You would think a rail union General Secretary would know his job and the impact on his members better than most.
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