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, years = 26 November 1894 , events = Opened as Stobcross ( GCR to Maryhill) , years1 = 5 May 1896 , events1 = L&DR to Clydebank opened , years2 = 10 August 1896 , events2 = GCR services commenced through to Glasgow Central , years3 = 3 August 1959 , events3 = Station closed to passengers , years4 = 5 October 1964 , events4 = Line closed to all traffic , years5 = 5 November 1979 , events5 = Reopened as Finnieston , years6 = 1986 , events6 = Renamed Exhibition Centre , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Exhibition Centre railway station, previously called Finnieston (1979–1986) and Stobcross (1894–1959) due to its location in the Stobcross area of the city, is a railway station in Glasgow on the Argyle Line. It serves the OVO Hydro, the SEC Centre and the

SEC Armadillo The SEC Armadillo (originally known as the Clyde Auditorium) is an auditorium located near the River Clyde, in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of three venues on the Scottish Event Campus, which includes the SEC Centre and the OVO Hydro.

which are accessible by adjoining footbridge from an island platform. The station suffers badly from congestion at concerts as most of Greater Glasgow can be reached from the station. There is a

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adjacent to Platform 2, that can be used as a turnback siding for trains terminating at Anderston or Glasgow Central Low Level. The line is served by Class 318s and Class 320s. Ticket gates are in operation.

History

In the days when the station was named Stobcross, the formation in front of Platform 1 was originally

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, with a platform where the overhead electrification masts are currently located. Just inside the tunnel from Partick, there was a junction. The route, now disused, to the north went to the Glasgow Central Railway's Maryhill Central. The route to the west is partially used by the Argyle Line link to the North Clyde Line (a new single track tunnel being constructed to connect up at Finnieston West Junction). Previously the line went to Partick Central railway station (which at one time had been renamed ) and onwards along the

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to Dumbarton. In 2017, the station's signage was changed to Craiglang, after the fictional town from the sitcom

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as a live version of the show was playing at the nearby OVO Hydro. Actors Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill provided pre-recorded safety announcements during this time. They had previously provided on-board announcements during a 2014 live-show run.

Incidents

Heavy rain in December 1994 resulted in the River Kelvin bursting its banks at Kelvinbridge and the resultant torrent through the disused Glasgow Central Railway tunnel flooded the Argyle Line trapping Class 314 Units at Glasgow Central Low Level. At 08:34 on Monday 3 September 2007, a set of empty coaches derailed after leaving the sidings at Exhibition Centre to start the 08:38 service from Anderston to Motherwell. This derailment resulted in two members of staff being injured and the line between Partick and Rutherglen being closed for two days.

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Video footage of Exhibition Centre station
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