Cowcaddens subway station is a station on the Glasgow Subway and serves the
Cowcaddens
Cowcaddens (; , ) is an area of the city of ,
Garnethill
Garnethill is a predominantly residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland with a number of important public buildings.
Geography
Located in the city centre, the area borders Cowcaddens to its north, Sauchiehall Street to its south, Camb ...
and Dundasvale areas of
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
, Scotland. It is located on the north side of the city centre.
Glasgow School of Art
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,
Tenement House
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, the
National Piping Centre
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, and to some extent
Glasgow Caledonian University
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are local institutions and attractions served by the station.
History
It was opened in 1896 and was also marginally the closest Subway stop to the main line railway at
Buchanan Street railway station
Buchanan Street station is a former railway station in Glasgow. Less well known than the city's other terminus stations – , and – it was situated in the Cowcaddens district to the north-west of Queen Street station and served the north o ...
which was closed in 1967. Like many of the original Subway stations, the surface entrance was part of the shop unit of a tenement building. After Cowcaddens was declared a Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) in the 1960s, mass demolition of tenement slums and other surrounding buildings took place, and by 1972 the station entrance was the only structure left standing in the area.
The station was rebuilt between 1977 and 1980, including the construction of a new surface-level ticket hall and the addition of
escalator
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s. Nevertheless, the station retained its original
island platform
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configuration.
Nearby places:
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Garnethill
Garnethill is a predominantly residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland with a number of important public buildings.
Geography
Located in the city centre, the area borders Cowcaddens to its north, Sauchiehall Street to its south, Camb ...
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Glasgow Kelvin College
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Founde ...
Chinatown
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There are 500,000 boardings a year at this station.