The original Haymarket station was opened in 1842 as the original terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. By the 1890s, Haymarket had lost some of its original appeal, and came to be often subject to criticism over a lack of maintenance and a perpetual climate of austerity. During 1894, covered platforms were added to the station by the railway engineer James Carswell who, in 1879, had become Chief Engineer to the North British Railway. In 1875, the City of Glasgow Union Railway opened their station at Springburn, including a station building designed by James Carswell.