Finnieston railway station was located in
Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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and served the
Finnieston
Finnieston is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, situated on the north bank of the River Clyde roughly between the city's Glasgow#West End, West End and the Glasgow#City centre, city centre.
Finnieston is home to the Scottish Exhibition and Conferen ...
area of that city. On the
Glasgow City and District Railway
The Glasgow City and District Railway was a sub-surface railway line in Glasgow, Scotland, built to connect suburban routes east and west of the city, and to relieve congestion at the Queen Street terminus.
Construction of the cut-and-cover rou ...
it was located on the modern
North Clyde line
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close to where it emerges from west end of Finnieston Tunnel from
Charing Cross
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near Argyle Street and Finnieston Street.
In June 2018, it was revealed that the local
community council
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In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...
was considering reopening the station. In September 2021, when asked by
Labour
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MSP
Paul Sweeney
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,
Transport Minister Graeme Dey
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said the reopening was considered within the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 but no commitment for reopening had been made yet.
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Disused railway stations in Glasgow
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1886
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917
Former North British Railway stations
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