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Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

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Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

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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 ...

station in

which serves the areas of Woodside and

of the city. It is located at

St George's Cross In heraldry, Saint George's Cross, the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader. Associated with the cru ...

, previously an important road junction but realigned due to the construction of the M8 motorway and less heavily used by traffic since then. The station was opened in 1896 and comprehensively modernised in 1977–1980. It still retains 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, though surface buildings were rebuilt prior to the 1977-1980 modernisation scheme, as part of a new road project. This station recorded 580,000 boardings in the twelve months ending on 31 March 2005. St George's Cross is one of the stations mentioned in

Cliff Hanley Clifford Leonard Clark "Cliff" Hanley (28 October 1922 – 9 August 1999) was a journalist, novelist, playwright and broadcaster from Glasgow in Scotland. Originally from Shettleston in the city's East End, he was educated at Eastbank Ac ...

's song "The Glasgow Underground".

Past passenger numbers

* 2011/12: 0.544 million annually

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Georges Cross subway station Glasgow Subway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896 1896 establishments in Scotland