Glasgow Queen Street

British Rail Scotland in the 1980s and early 1990s

Concourse Glasgow Queen Street 1981 British Rail

Concourse - Glasgow Queen Street

The concourse of Glasgow Queen Street station with the brightly illuminated advertisements encouraging passengers to buy their product in 1981. The bars, shops and advertisements were all swept away when the redeveloped Queen Street station was opened in October 2021.

1981

47709 Glasgow Queen Street Station 1983 British Rail

Class 47 - Glasgow Queen Street

The train driver of the 15.00 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh ensures that he can see where he is going by giving the windows of class 47 no. 709 a good clean.

30 Jun 1983

47210 Glasgow Queen Street Railway Station 1986 British Rail

Class 47 - Glasgow Queen Street

Class 47 no. 210 awaits departure from Glasgow Queen Street with the rather unusual working of the 08.30 Inverness to Bristol Temple Meads service which required a reversal at Glasgow Queen Street. The train ran to Bristol Temple Meads Mon-Thu & Sat with an arrival time of 19.52 and on Fridays went to Plymouth with an arrival time of 22.21.

19 Aug 1986

Rail photos: Ayrshire (14) - Berwick upon Tweed (6) - Carlisle (6) - Carstairs (7) - Dunblane, Gleneagles, Perth (8) - Edinburgh and Lothians (6) - Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Polmont (20) - Glasgow Area (20) - Glasgow Central (16) - Glasgow Queen Street (3) - Highland Line (8) - North East Scotland (20) - Stirling (16)

Photo set: British Rail Scotland in the 1980s and early 1990s (150 photos)