Glasgow Queen Street railway station

Glasgow Queen Street Scottish Gaelic: Sràid na Banrighinn[1]
Main entrance (2020)
General information
Location	Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°51′44″N 4°15′04″W / 55.8622°N 4.2512°W / 55.8622; -4.2512
Grid reference	NS591655
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	9 (2 on low level)
Other information
Station code	GLQ
Fare zone	G1
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (High Level) Glasgow City and District Railway (Low Level)
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
21 February 1842 (1842-02-21)	High Level Station opened[2]
15 March 1886	Low Level Station opened[2]
Passengers
2019/20	16.686 million
2020/21	2.299 million
2021/22	8.468 million
2022/23	12.284 million
2023/24	14.503 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road. Station usage figures saw a large decrease in 2020/21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Glasgow Queen Street (Scottish Gaelic: Sràid na Banrighinn) is a passenger railway terminus serving the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the smaller of the city's two mainline railway terminals (the larger being Glasgow Central) and is the third-busiest station in Scotland behind Central and Edinburgh Waverley (as of March 2023^[update]).^[3]

It connects Glasgow with Edinburgh via the Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line and the North Clyde Line. Other significant connections include the West Highland Line for services to and from the Scottish Highlands, the Highland Main Line and Glasgow–Dundee line. The station is split into two levels with high level trains predominantly serving the Edinburgh shuttle and further afield destinations, while the low level platforms serve trains covering the Central Belt of Scotland.

The station is located between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north and is at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to George Square, Glasgow's major civic square.^[4] It is also a short walk from Buchanan Street, Glasgow's main shopping district and the location of Buchanan Street subway station, the closest connection to Queen Street for the Glasgow Subway network.

The station underwent major redevelopment works by Network Rail in the late 2010s. In October 2017, a £120 million project began on bringing the station up to modern standards, demolishing many of the 1960s buildings and replacing them with a new station concourse, which was completed in 2021.^[5]