St Enoch subway station
subway station in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
St Enoch subway station (Scottish Gaelic: Ceàrn Èanaig) is a station on the Glasgow Subway in Scotland. It is located north of the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre. Although it does not have direct interchange with the main line railway, it is located approximately halfway between Glasgow Central railway station and Argyle Street railway station, within a few minutes' walk to both. The subway station is accessible via St Enoch Square.
Usage of the entire subway in 2007/08 was 14.45 million passengers, increased from 13.14 million in 2005/06.
Original building
Above ground, the original station building housed both a booking office and the headquarters of the original Glasgow District Subway Railway Company. This was (and is) the subway's most distinctive building – an ornate, Flemish Renaissance, late-Victorian red sandstone structure; designed by James Miller in 1896.
Reconstruction
St Enoch is one of two stations on the Subway that was completely rebuilt from scratch (the other being Partick) during the late 1970s modernisation. Although the original surface building was retained, it would not form part of the new facility, but due to its listed status meant it could not be demolished. To facilitate its preservation, the original foundations were removed to allow the construction of a concrete box to house the expanded station and new subterranean ticket hall.
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