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The station is located in the rectangle between Gordon Street (north), Argyle Street (south), Union Street (east) and Hope Street (west).
The station has six pedestrian entrances/exits:
The vehicle entrance is from the east side of Hope Street, whilst the exit is into Oswald Street.
The entrance is divided by a pillar at each end of the passage which runs south into the concourse. There's tactile matting at each end of this passage.
The section of Gordon Street between the main entrance and the door to the travel centre is under cover.
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tactile mat vacant unit (to be coffee shop), entrance on Gordon Street and in passage Currency Exchange, tactile mat outside |
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The pillar has large gates which can close the station.
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tactile mat travel centre wall juts out fire exit tactile mat into main concourse |
There's tactile mat before the top of the steps. Go down 12 steps, going east, there's a wide landing with more tactile mat before you go down 16 steps, going east into Union Street.
There's a newspaper stand on the corner of the north side of this entrance.
The steps are divided into two sets by a central rail.
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fire exit blank door |
You enter going east, up a slope into the northwest corner of the concourse. Note, there is only one set of tactile mat in this entrance, as opposed to the Gordon Street entrance, where there are two.
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2 fire doors 6 steps down from raised platform beside Marks & Spencer |
You go in through the first turning right from the junction of Argyle and Hope Streets, facing east into the low level concourse. As you continue forward, you pass the lift, escalators and stairs to the main concourse on your left before you reach the ticket sales windows.
You go through the turning under the rail bridge, facing north into the low level concourse. Continue to the far side for the escalators or take the turning left for the ticket sales windows which will be on your right beyond the escalators.
The entrance is under the rail bridge, you go down nine steps, going south, turn right (180 degrees, north) then go down nine steps, going north, to the intermediate level. You're at the south end of the east passage. You pass an open area to your right, then a pillar in the middle of the passage. Note that at the time of our survey, you could only use the west route beside this pillar.
We surveyed the following junctions:
All these junctions have Pelican crossings at each arm, with push buttons and rotating cones to your right as you face the crossing.
All crossings are indicated by tactile paving, though this is made up of metal studs which become very slippery when wet.
Traffic flows north along Hope Street and south on Union Street.
The following stops were noted at the time of our survey:
First Glasgow: X3, X4 and X5.
Hendersons: 68.
Arriva: 3, 23, 23C, 24, 25, 25A, 36, 38 and 39.
Glasgow Citybus: 17.
First Glasgow: 303.
Beta Bus: 40.
First Glasgow: 3, 7, 23, 40, 54, 55, 59, 61 and 75.
Paid Travel: 59.
First Glasgow: 12, 19, 29, 38, 45, 45C, 56 and 138.
Canavan: 38.
First Glasgow; 1, 12, 20, 54 and 66.
Caledonia: 7, 16, 44, 55, 75, 9, 18, 44A 56, 116, 5A, 44 and 66.
McKindless: 75.
Stage Coach: 175.
Arriva: 3, 25, 39, 23, 25A, 23C, 36, 24 and 38.
First Glasgow: 303.
City Sprinter: 38.
Beta Buses: 40.
Stage Coach Western: 4.
Dixon's of Erskine: 38.
First Glasgow: 23, 29, 38, 45, 47, 78, 57, 59, 138X and 78.
First Glasgow: 40, 43, 61, 62, 203, 240, 255, 262, 263 and 267.
McKindless: 67.
Stage Coach Glasgow: 162.
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crossing of Argyle Street, west of Union Street Italmania, coffee shop Scottish Transport Credit Union Ltd Grant Arms, pub Mitchells, amusement arcade imitation tree 2 entrances to Internacionale, women's clothes The Card Factory, closed at the time of our survey Sweet Mews, sweets Blue Lagoon, chip shop etc. Apollo, blinds The Beauty Spot The Cheque Centre Hielanman's Lounge Bar station entrance Ladbrokes Carfone Repair Centre Smarts, unisex hair dresser window of Caffe l'Ombrellone crossing of Argyle Street, east of Hope Street |
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crossing of Gordon Street, west of Hope Street shelter, on pavement for taxi queue taxi pick-up point, at east end of shelter, opposite the station entrance crossing of Gordon Street, west of Union and Renfield streets |
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crossing of Gordon Street, west of Union and Renfield streets The Link Newsbox, newsagent wall retreats The Blue Lagoon, fish and chip shop wall retreats Boots, bike parks in front station entrance bus stop, on right (north) for Queen Street Station and Buchanan Street bus station west entrance to travel centre Quality Central Hotel crossing of Gordon Street, east of Hope Street |
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crossing of Hope Street, north of Argyle Street entrance to low level station McGinns, pub gap into unused parts of station wall with windows Oddbins vehicle entrance to station wall with windows QL Health and Leisure Club Havana Restaurant, tapas restaurant steps up to Havana Bar entrance to mainline station, crossing of Hope Sttreet to left Quality Central Hotel crossing of Hope Street, south of Gordon Street statue, on corner near the kerb |
The following features are to your right (east).
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crossing of Hope Street, north of Argyle Street 2 phone boxes narrow entry Bus Stop GL 5 Bus Stop GL 7 Bus Stop GL 8 Waterloo Street going west crossing of Hope Street, to station entrance Bus Stop GL 9 crossing to Gordon Street |
The following features are to your right, (west).
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crossing of Union Street, towards station 2 posts 2 phone boxes sign across pavement posts each side Bus Stop GL 30 Bus Stop GL 31 Bus Stop GL 32 Bus Stop GL 33 2 phone boxes crossing of Union Street north of Argyle Street |
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crossing of Union Street, south of Gordon Street The Link Travelcare doorway, not known Jessops, photographic Subway, sandwiches and coffee Wimpy Bar Hallmark, card shop, closed at the time of our survey steps into station Underground, restaurant The King's Lodge, Chinese buffet restaurant Timpsons, shoe repair, key cutting entrance to Caledonian Chambers Greggs, baker Vacant entrance under station, not for public use Gforce, PC and Console Technology Colors, clothes Millets, outdoor steps up west, not for public use vacant Newsbox, newsagent entrance to Stanley Racing Rennie Mackintosh Hotel Baker's Oven blank door Next Clearance up steps to Skint, alteration tailors Gamestation City Barbers Vacant D2, clothes The Trees, family restaurant, up two steps gary jules, record shop J and D Factory Outlet, gents clothes Cathouse, nightclub Dollond & Aitchison, opticians The Pizza Pasta Take-away Italmania crossing of Union Street, north of Argyle Street |
© 2004, Terry Robinson
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