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are visible at the top of the photograph. , borough =

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

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, manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = HST , transit_authority = SPT , original = Glasgow City and District Railway , pregroup = North British Railway , postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway , years = 15 March 1866 , events = Opened as College replacing the station on the CoGURButt (1995), page 66 , years1 = 1 January 1914 , events1 = Renamed as High StreetButt (1995), page 120 , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the

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High Street railway station serves

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and the surrounding area, which includes

Townhead Townhead ( gd, Ceann a' Bhaile, sco, Tounheid) is an area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated immediately north-east of Glasgow city centre and contains a residential sector (redeveloped from an older neighbourhood in the mid 20th ...

, the Merchant City, as well the western fringes of Dennistoun and Calton. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the

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. It is located in the eastern part of the city centre, with

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and

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being major institutions located nearby.

History

The first

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in the area was College on the City of Glasgow Union Railway which closed with the opening of this station in 1866. The station took its current name at the beginning of 1914.

Plans

As part of the proposed

Crossrail Glasgow Crossrail Glasgow (formerly known as Glasgow Crossrail) is a proposed railway development in Central Scotland to connect the stations Glasgow Central and Queen Street. It has been estimated at a cost of £200 million. Since the 1970s, it has ...

initiative, High Street station may be demolished and relocated.

Services

2008

There is a regular service Monday to Saturday to and beyond ( etc.) on the North Clyde Line westbound and to and eastbound. Sundays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Airdrie.

2013

The station has half-hourly services westbound to each of Helensburgh Central (limited stop), Balloch via (stopping), and Dalmuir via (stopping) (8tph in all via Queen Street, Partick and Hyndland). Eastbound there are 6tph to Airdrie, of which 4tph continue all the way to

Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...

via (two of these are limited stop, the others call at all intermediate stations). There is also a half-hourly service to Springburn although this has now been extended to Cumbernauld station and also now runs on a Sunday.GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 226 On Sundays there is a half-hourly service to Helensburgh via Singer westbound and Edinburgh eastbound.

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* * * Railway stations in Glasgow Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1977 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1981 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail 1866 establishments in Scotland {{Glasgow-railstation-stub