Cowcaddens subway station serves the

Cowcaddens Cowcaddens ( sco, Coucaddens, gd, Coille Challtainn)
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area of

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. It is located on the north side of the city centre and is served by the

Glasgow Subway The Glasgow Subway is an underground light metro system in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the fourth-oldest underground rail transit system in Europe after the London Underground, Liverpool's Mersey Railway and the Budapes ...

History

It was opened in 1896 and comprehensively modernised between 1977 and 1980, including the construction of a new surface-level ticket hall and the addition of

escalator An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep the step tread horizo ...

s. Nevertheless, the station retained its original

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

configuration. Nearby places: *

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, Cambri ...

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* St. Aloysius’ College *

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There are 500,000 boardings a year at this station.

Past passenger numbers

* 2011/12: 0.459 million annually

References

Glasgow Subway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896 1896 establishments in Scotland 1890s in Glasgow {{Glasgow-railstation-stub