 
           Managed by the Network Rail,           Glasgow Central in Glasgow, Scotland is the           bigger one of the twomain-line railway           terminals today. It was opened on July 31,           1879 by the Caledonian Railway.it is the West Coast Main Line’s northern terminus.
         
         Outside London, the Glasgow Central is the           busiest train station in the U.K. According           to          
Network Rail, approximately 34 million people leave from, or arrive at, Glasgow Central annually.
The station services the           entire area of the Greater Glasgow southern           town’s urban sprawl and suburbs, the Clyde           coast, and the Ayshire coast. It is also the           terminus for all services in the inter-city           area from Glasgow to areas on the southern           border.
         
         The first Central Train Station became           available to the public on 1 August 1879 on           River Clyde’s north bank. It had eight           platforms and a railway bridge on Argyle           Avenue connected Bridge Street station           
and a           4-track railway bridge which was built by           Sir William Arrol. The bridge crossed Clyde           River tothe south.
         
         Soon, the station became too congested and a           temporary solution in 1890 of widening the           Argyle Street bridge and adding a ninth           platform on the same bridge was finished.           Initially, it was intended to make Bridge           Street station big enough to allow eight           through lines and to make Central station           accomodate15 platforms.
 
 

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