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Glasgow Central ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Glaschu Mheadhain), )〔(List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland )〕 is a major mainline terminus and the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 31 July 1879 and is currently one of nineteen UK stations managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line ( north of London Euston).〔Thomas (1971); Chapter VIII – Glasgow〕 The station serves all of the Greater Glasgow conurbation's southern suburbs and towns, and the Ayrshire and Clyde coasts, and is the terminus for all inter-city services between Glasgow and destinations in England. There is also a limited service to Edinburgh although the city's second mainline terminus, Glasgow Queen Street, is the principal station for trains to Edinburgh. With over 27 million passenger entries and exits between March 2013 and April 2014, Glasgow Central is the tenth-busiest railway station in Britain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/station_usage_estimates_1112.pdf )〕 According to Network Rail, over 38 million people use it annually, 80% of whom are passengers. The station is protected as a category A listed building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Central Station and Hotel: Listed Building Report )〕 == Original station == The original station, opened on 1 August 1879 on the north bank of the River Clyde, had eight platforms and was linked to Bridge Street station by a railway bridge over Argyle Street and a four-track railway bridge, built by Sir William Arrol, which crossed the Clyde to the south.〔 The station was built over the site of Grahamston village, whose central street (Alston Street) was demolished to make way for the station platform.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Grahamston: Glasgow's Forgotten Village )〕 The station was soon congested. In 1890, a temporary solution of widening the bridge over Argyle Street and inserting a ninth platform on Argyle Street bridge was completed.〔〔Matheson, Donald Alexander (1908). "Glasgow Central Station Extension". In: ''Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers'', 10 November 1908.〕 It was also initially intended to increase Bridge Street station to eight through lines and to increase Central station to 13 platforms.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glasgow Central station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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