St Enoch subway station is a station on the Glasgow Subway in

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city centre. Although it does not have direct interchange with the main line railway, it is located approximately halfway between

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and Argyle Street railway station, within a few minutes' walk to both. The subway station is accessible via St Enoch Square. Usage of the entire subway in 2007/08 was 14.45 million passengers, increased from 13.14 million in 2005/06.

Original building

Former Glasgow Subway St Enoch station building

Above ground, the original station building housed both a booking office and the headquarters of the original Glasgow District Subway Railway Company. This was (and is) the subway's most distinctive building – an ornate, Flemish Renaissance, late-Victorian red sandstone structure; designed by James Miller in 1896.

Reconstruction

St Enoch is one of two stations on the Subway that was completely rebuilt from scratch (the other being

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) during the late 1970s modernisation. Although the original surface building was retained, it would not form part of the new facility, but due to its listed status meant it could not be demolished. To facilitate its preservation, the original foundations were removed to allow the construction of a concrete box to house the expanded station and new subterranean ticket hall. To facilitate this, the old building was relocated onto a precast platform supported on the new station's concrete pillars. Memorable images exist from the late 1970s showing the building seemingly perilously sitting on its new foundations with the empty void of the old station underneath. Following the modernisation, the old building became a travel information centre for SPT. The building became disused with the travel centre facilities being moved to the underground ticket hall in 2008. In December 2009, a Caffè Nero coffee shop was established in the building. It is now protected as a

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Accessibility

St Enoch is the only station on the system which requires two escalator rides to reach the platforms owing to its deep location. Along with Govan subway station, it is one of two Glasgow Subway stations that is wheelchair accessible.

Refurbishment (2010s)

As part of the wider refurbishment of the city's subway, St Enoch station received new glass canopies for each entrance, and an overhaul of the ticket hall.

Past passenger numbers

* 2011/12: 1.857 million annually

Gallery

File:St Enoch station entrance.JPG, St Enoch station entrance in 2008, prior to modernisation File:St Enoch subway station - geograph.org.uk - 3884736.jpg , Station entrance prior to new canopy File:St Enoch subway station - geograph.org.uk - 4159511.jpg , Old exterior File:St Enoch subway station - geograph.org.uk - 2800916.jpg , Ticket hall prior to refurbishment File:17-11-15-Glasgow-Subway RR70123.jpg, The outer circle platform in 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Enoch subway station Glasgow Subway stations Category A listed buildings in Glasgow Listed railway stations in Scotland Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896 James Miller railway stations Renaissance Revival architecture in the United Kingdom