55-524: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson , FRSE RSA (5 April 1834 – 1 June 1921) was a Scottish Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. During the 1860s his main work was small churches in the 'First Pointed' (or Early English) style that is characteristic of Scott's former assistants. By 1880 his practice
110-458: A royal charter in 1783, allowing for its expansion. Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. As of 2016 there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE. The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering
165-404: A First Class lounge. As of 2022, Glasgow Central is served by six train-operating companies. ScotRail uses both the high level and low level platforms, all other operators use only the high level. A taxi rank is to the north of the station, while buses operate from the adjacent streets. St Enoch and Buchanan Street Subway stations are within a few minutes' walk. First Glasgow operates
220-447: A bus service on behalf of ScotRail to Glasgow Queen Street and Buchanan bus station ; this bus is numbered 398. Service pattern for Monday-Friday off-peak in trains per hour (tph)/trains per day (tpd). High Level: Low Level: Coinciding with the launch of the new BBC Scotland TV Channel , a new documentary TV series titled Inside Central Station was commissioned to STV Productions , first airing on 3 March 2019 detailing
275-504: A new multi faith room and a relocated station reception. Low Level Platforms 16 and 17 will be refreshed, similar to the works carried out at Anderston in 2022. There are three ticket halls. Two are operated by ScotRail (main concourse and Argyle Street entrance) and the third is a travel centre run by Avanti West Coast at the Gordon Street entrance. Avanti West Coast also operate a dedicated customer lounge next to Platform 1 and
330-469: A relief platform for Avanti West Coast services if platforms 1 or 2 cannot be used. To accommodate the cancelled Glasgow Airport Rail Link plans, the platforms were renumbered. Platform 11a (the previous West Bank Siding, on the bridge over the Clyde) was renumbered 12, whilst 12 & 13 were renumbered 14 & 15 respectively. In September 2009 the former platform-level car park and passenger drop-off area
385-563: A spacious concourse containing shops, catering outlets, ticket offices and a travel centre. It is fronted by the Central Hotel on Gordon Street, designed by Robert Rowand Anderson . The station building also houses a long line of shops and bars down the Union Street side. The undercroft of the station is not open to the general public, except through regular official tours, and houses private car-parking and utility functions for
440-549: A total of 23.257 million. The station is on two levels: the High-Level station at the same level as Gordon Street, which bridges over Argyle Street, and the underground Low-Level station. Between 1901 and 1905 the original station was rebuilt. The station was extended over the top of Argyle Street, and thirteen platforms were built. An additional eight-track bridge, the Caledonian Railway Bridge ,
495-486: A trustee. In his later years Anderson became difficult to work with, and was perceived as arrogant. Another partnership, formed in 1899, was dissolved following lawsuits in 1902. Rowand Anderson and Paul was formed in 1904, with Arthur Forman Balfour Paul (who had trained under him from 1892 to 1896), son of Sir James Balfour Paul , the Lord Lyon . Anderson was knighted in the 1902 Birthday Honours for his work at
550-590: A two-island separate station, and were added to serve the underground Glasgow Central Railway , authorised on 10 August 1888 and opened on 10 August 1896. The Glasgow Central Railway was taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1890. Services ran from Maryhill Central and from the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway in the west through to Rutherglen and via Tollcross through to Carmyle , Newton , and other Caledonian Railway destinations to
605-575: Is buried in Warriston Cemetery . The grave is in a hard to find location on a lower level to the south-west, backing onto the western path. Anderson's architectural practice was carried on as Rowand Anderson and Paul (with Paul as sole partner), until Basil Spence and William Kininmonth joined in 1934, forming Rowand Anderson and Paul and Partners. Paul died in 1938, and Spence left in 1945, leaving Kininmonth to carry on as Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul. When Kininmonth retired in 1976,
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#1732779814896660-588: The 3rd Marquess of Bute , following the destruction by fire of the previous house. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (1884–1889) was designed in a similar style, and also executed in red sandstone. In 1881, Anderson made his employee George Washington Browne a partner, and two years later the firm became Wardrop, Anderson and Browne, following the death of Maitland Wardrop and the merger of his practice with Anderson's. However, Browne left in 1885, and Hew Wardrop died in 1887 at Udny Castle , leaving Anderson as sole partner again. Notable architects employed within
715-725: The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link . Over the Christmas festive period of 1994, on 11 December, torrential rain caused the River Kelvin to burst its banks at the closed Kelvinbridge station , with the water making its way through the disused tunnels to Exhibition Centre and the Low-Level station, which was completely submerged by the resultant flash flood. It was closed until 24 September 1995 while repairs were made. In August 2002, torrential rain flooded out
770-707: The Cathcart Circle Line electrification scheme, which started on 29 May 1962. During this period, the old 1879 bridge over the River Clyde was removed and the railway lines were rearranged. This was followed by the 25 kV AC overhead-power-lines electrification of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway and the Inverclyde Line to Gourock and Wemyss Bay, completed in 1967. The WCML northern electrification scheme started on 6 May 1974. Part of
825-504: The Central Hotel on Gordon Street. Adjoining onto the station concourse, it was one of Glasgow's most prestigious hotels in its heyday. It was originally designed by Robert Rowand Anderson , in ' Queen Anne style '; he also furnished the public rooms. The hotel was completed in 1883, but was extended along with the station in 1901–1906. The hotel extension was designed by James Miller and it opened on 15 April 1907. The world's first long-distance television pictures were transmitted to
880-776: The Royal Engineers , undertaking works on coastal defences, and the 78th Highlanders memorial outside Edinburgh Castle . For Giles Gilbert Scott, he supervised the construction of St James's Church in Leith , which led to further commissions from the Scottish Episcopal Church , including Christ Church, Falkirk (1862), All Saints, Brougham Place, Edinburgh (1864), St Andrew's Church in St Andrews (1866), St John's, Alloa (1866), and St James, Cupar (1866). All of these were carried out alongside his work for
935-655: The West Coast Main Line (397 miles or 639 kilometres north of London Euston ). As well as being Glasgow's principal inter-city terminus for services to England, Central also serves the southern suburbs of the Greater Glasgow conurbation , as well as the Ayrshire and Clyde coasts. The other main station in Glasgow is Glasgow Queen Street , which primarily serves regional and intercity services to
990-409: The "Piano Garden" and is located directly behind the mobility assistance booth. In November 2023, Network Rail renewed the concourse departure screens, replacing the 2005 style boards. The new ones are similar to the screens at Glasgow Queen Street . The concourse is due to receive minor refurbishment which will be carried out between late 2023 and late 2024. This work will create better retail space,
1045-565: The 1980s to encourage more passengers; tickets were checked on trains instead. ScotRail finalised negotiations with Network Rail over the project in June 2010, with the project completed in February 2012, covering High Level Platforms 3 to 15 and Low Level Platforms 16 and 17. Platforms 1 and 2 were left without barriers, as they are mostly used by long-distance express services with a high proportion of passengers carrying heavy luggage. Following
1100-543: The Anderson practice included Robert Weir Schultz , Robert Lorimer , and Sydney Mitchell . During the 1880s, Anderson's style became increasingly influenced by Scottish historical architecture, possibly as a result of his friendship with architectural historians MacGibbon and Ross . The Scottish influence is evident in the Normand Memorial Hall, Dysart (1882), Ardgowan Estate Office, Greenock (1886), and
1155-674: The Cathcart Circle was upgraded to 25 kV AC supply in 1974, to provide a diversionary route; the whole of the Cathcart Circle route was later upgraded to that supply. Plans to electrify other routes, such as the Whifflet Line , as part of a scheme to improve rail services in Scotland, were completed in November 2014. Services through the Low-Level station, initially generous, had been greatly reduced due to competition with
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#17327798148961210-550: The Central Hotel in the station, on 24 May 1927 by John Logie Baird . The hotel was sold by British Rail in the 1980s, and passed through the hands of various private operators until its most recent owner, the Real Hotel Group, went into administration in February 2009, and the hotel subsequently closed amid concerns of asbestos contamination and structural deterioration. In June 2009, a new company acquired
1265-584: The Clyde to the south. The station was built over the site of Grahamston village, whose central street (Alston Street) was demolished to make way for the station platform. The station was soon congested. In 1890, a temporary solution of widening the bridge over Argyle Street and inserting a ninth platform on Argyle Street bridge was completed. It was also initially intended to increase Bridge Street station to eight through lines and to increase Central station to 13 platforms. The low-level platforms were originally
1320-569: The Isle of Bute for the 3rd Marquess of Bute . Anderson was born at Liberton , outside Edinburgh, the third child of James Anderson (1797-1869), a solicitor, and Margaret Rowand (1797-1868). Educated at George Watson's College , he began a legal apprenticeship in 1845, and briefly worked for his father's firm. He began to study architecture in 1849, attending classes at the Trustees' Drawing Academy (which later became Edinburgh College of Art ), and
1375-517: The Pearce Institute, Govan (1892). From the 1890s, restoration became the focus of Anderson's architecture, as major commissions declined. He had already undertaken work at Iona Abbey and Jedburgh Abbey in the 1870s, and now restored Dunblane Cathedral and Paisley Abbey . He became more involved in teaching, helping to set up a School of Applied Art in 1892. In 1903 this merged into the new Edinburgh College of Art , with Anderson as
1430-865: The Royal Engineers, and show the influence of Scott's church designs. Anderson set up his own independent practice in 1868. In 1869, St Mungo's Church in Balerno was completed to his design. His first significant commission came in 1871, for the restoration of St Vigeans Parish Church, Angus. He went on to win the competition to design the Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh, now the Mansfield Traquair Centre on Mansfield Place in Broughton. Anderson joined
1485-898: The Scottish royal residence, Balmoral Castle . In 1916 he was awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. By 1916, he was ill, but was able to found the Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (later the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland) in that year, with fellow architect Alexander Lorne Campbell speaking and acting on his behalf. Anderson donated his own Rutland Square townhouse to be used as its headquarters. He retired to Allermuir House on Woodhall Road in Colinton and died there in 1921. He
1540-611: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, where he met future clients including the Marquis of Bute . In 1873 a short-lived partnership with David Bryce began, but was dissolved only a few months later. In 1874, he was invited to submit designs for a competition for the University of Edinburgh Medical Faculty and graduation hall. He undertook further study tours to Europe, resulting in the winning Italian Renaissance style design which
1595-477: The Society. Glasgow Central Station Glasgow Central ( Scottish Gaelic : Glaschu Mheadhain ), usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station , is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow , Scotland . The railway station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of 20 managed by Network Rail . It is the northern terminus of
1650-401: The booking office on the ground floor and the train information display for passengers on large printed cloth destination boards placed behind large windows on the first floor by a team of two men. Underneath the "Umbrella" are a number of shops and bars. The Arches , a one-time nightclub, theatre, gallery and restaurant complex, was also located below the station. Central Station is fronted by
1705-401: The east of Glasgow. Other stations include Cambuslang and Motherwell. By 1900 the station was again found to be too small, passenger numbers per annum on the high-level station having increased by 5.156 million since the first extension was completed in 1890. Passenger usage per annum in 1899 was 16.841 million on the high-level station and 6.416 million on the low-level station,
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1760-532: The extensive and efficient Glasgow Corporation tram system well before their withdrawal on 3 October 1964 under the " Beeching Axe ". The trams themselves had been replaced by buses by 1962. In 1979, part of the low-level line was electrified and the Low-Level station was re-opened as the Argyle Line of the Glasgow suburban railway network. It consisted of a single island platform , numbered as Platforms 14 and 15 (later renumbered to 16 and 17 respectively when
1815-750: The firm split, with the Rowand Anderson name taken by Richard Ewing, who had been made a partner around 1971. The Rowand Anderson Partnership is still based in Rutland Square. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ( FRSE ) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Scotland's national academy of science and letters , judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received
1870-560: The full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. Examples of current fellows include Peter Higgs and Jocelyn Bell Burnell . Previous fellows have included Melvin Calvin , Benjamin Franklin , James Clerk Maxwell , James Watt , Thomas Reid , and Andrew Lawrence . A comprehensive biographical list of Fellows from 1783–2002 has been published by
1925-440: The glass roof of the station was broken by flying debris. Automatic ticket barriers were installed at Glasgow Central and three other city-centre stations from 2011 as part of a crackdown on fare-dodging to increase ticket revenue. This follows barriers being erected at Queen Street Station in 2004, ending ScotRail's "open stations" policy under which staffed and previous yellow ticket automatic barriers had been scrapped during
1980-692: The hotel building, and worked to refurbish and rebrand it as the Glasgow Grand Central Hotel . The refurbished hotel re-opened in September 2010. In 2021 it was refurbished by IHG Hotels & Resorts and rebranded voco Grand Central Hotel. The original 1889 signal box was replaced with an electro-pneumatic power-operated box based on the Westinghouse system. Work started in October 1907 and it opened on 5 April 1908. It
2035-439: The low-level stations from Dalmarnock through to Exhibition Centre for a number of weeks. Most services were routed to the high-level platforms, or to Queen Street station . The 2002 Glasgow floods had a number of other effects, causing a cryptospiridium outbreak in Glasgow's water supply. The high-level station's facilities were substantially redeveloped in the mid-1980s. The old ticket office / train information building
2090-464: The north of Glasgow. With just under 21 million passengers in 2022–2023, Glasgow Central is the seventeenth-busiest railway station in Britain and the busiest in Scotland. According to Network Rail, over 38 million people use it annually, 80% of whom are passengers. The station is protected as a category A listed building . In Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins , the station
2145-543: The position of the original driver's monitors for checking doors, this proved impossible. Therefore, these units were restricted to the North Clyde Line . This changed in 2011 with a programme of works carried out to enable the Class 320 units to work through the station in passenger service. The class 320 and 318 units between them now provide the majority of Argyle Line services, with most 334s having moved to operate
2200-416: The project to re-signal and add two additional platforms to the higher level took place in 2008). Initially services were provided by Class 303 and Class 314 units. The latter were built specifically for this service. Following the withdrawal of the Class 303 units, the service was provided by Class 318 and Class 334 "Juniper" units. Class 320 units were intended to be used on the route, but due to
2255-413: The restoration of Hielanman's Umbrella. The 1980s vintage mechanical pixel-style destination boards were later replaced around 2005 with an array of LED-style destination boards. The final improvement, the upgrading of the upstairs restaurant area, was completed in 2005. Platform 1 is at the east end and platform 15 is located at the west end of the station with platforms 16 and 17 being directly underneath
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2310-411: The station and the adjoining Central Hotel. The station's famous architectural features are the large glass-walled bridge that takes the station building over Argyle Street, nicknamed the ' Hielanman's Umbrella ' (Highlandman's Umbrella) because it was used as a meeting place for highlanders living in the city; and the former ticket office and information building. This was a large oval building, with
2365-406: The station was re-floored in marble. During this redevelopment the staffed ticket barriers at Platforms 1 to 8 were removed and the yellow ticket automatic barriers were removed from Platforms 9 to 13 (now 15). In 1998, a five-year renovation programme was initiated by Railtrack , which saw the trainshed completely re-roofed and internally refurbished by Bovis Lend Lease – which also included
2420-639: The station's high level platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 are usually used by longer distance cross-border services operated by Avanti West Coast , TransPennine Express , LNER and CrossCountry while platforms 3 to 6 are used mainly by services to Lanark, Edinburgh, East Kilbride, Barrhead, Kilmarnock, Carlisle, Girvan, and Stranraer. Platforms 7–10 are used by services which operate along the Cathcart Circle and also Neilston and Newton, but other services are known to use them as well, while platforms 11–15 are used mostly by services to Ayr, Largs, Ardrossan, Gourock, Wemyss Bay and Paisley Canal, with platform 11 being used as
2475-458: The success of the Doors Open day event in summer 2013, tours of the station several times each week began in November 2014. These 90-minute tours cover the roof, plus the catacombs, vaults, and a view of disused platforms below the station. In December 2017, McLaren's Pianos gave a piano to the station on permanent loan, which is available to the public to play. This area is referred to as
2530-556: Was articled to architect John Lessels (1809–1883). In 1857 he took a two-year post as an assistant to George Gilbert Scott , in his office at Trafalgar Square , London. Here he worked alongside many influential architects. He then spent time travelling and studying in France and Italy , also working briefly for Pierre Cuypers in Roermond , Netherlands. In 1860, Anderson returned to Edinburgh, and began working as an architect with
2585-545: Was built directly over the River Clyde, sitting between the two river bridges, above the level of the tracks. Inside was a frame of 374 miniature levers, making it the longest power frame ever built in Great Britain. Glasgow Central Signalling Centre, located in the "vee" of Bridge Street Junction, opened on 2 January 1961. It replaced signal boxes at Central Station, Bridge Street Junction, Eglinton Street Junction and Eglinton Street Station. When initially opened it
2640-440: Was built over the Clyde, and the original bridge was raised by 30 inches (0.75 m). Bridge Street station was then closed. Also during the 1901–1905 rebuild, a series of sidings was created at the end of Platforms 11 and 12 on the bridge over the River Clyde. These were named West Bank Siding, Mid Bank Siding and East Bank Siding. A dock siding, No. 14 Dock, was created at the south end of Platform 13. Central Station has
2695-492: Was capable of handling 1,000 routes. The new signalling centre was needed for three reasons: In addition to the removal of the east river bridge, the scissor crossovers through the station, the Cathcart Engine siding, East Bank Siding, Mid Bank Siding and No. 14 Dock were removed. The West Bank Siding was numbered as Platform 11a. Glasgow Central Signalling Centre closed on 27 December 2008, when its area of control
2750-629: Was designing some of the most prestigious public and private buildings in Scotland. His works include the Scottish National Portrait Gallery ; the Dome of Old College, Medical Faculty and McEwan Hall, the University of Edinburgh ; Govan Old Parish Church and the Pearce Institute; the Central Hotel at Glasgow Central Station , the Catholic Apostolic Church in Edinburgh and Mount Stuart House on
2805-601: Was finalised in 1877. The design secured Anderson's election to the Royal Scottish Academy , although the Medical School was not completed until 1886, and the McEwan Hall not until 1897. His next major commission came soon after, in 1876, when he was appointed as architect for Glasgow Central Station . In 1878 Anderson designed a new Mount Stuart House (1878–1896) in an Italian Gothic style for
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#17327798148962860-515: Was one of only ten to be awarded five stars. In 2017, the station received a customer satisfaction score of 95.2%, the highest in the UK. The original station, opened on 1 August 1879 on the north bank of the River Clyde , had eight platforms and was linked to Bridge Street station by a railway bridge over Argyle Street and a four-track railway bridge, built by Sir William Arrol , which crossed
2915-444: Was replaced in 1985 by an all-new Travel Centre adjacent to the Gordon Street entrance. By 1986 a large electro-mechanical destination board at the end of the platforms, with a smaller repeater board at the western side of the concourse, had replaced the former manually operated train-information boards. The old booking office / train information building was retained and redeveloped into shops, eateries and an upstairs bar/restaurant, and
2970-648: Was taken out of use and the platform over the Clyde (recently renumbered 12) was removed. Two new platforms were created between 11 and 14, being brought into use in May 2010. There is no plan to replace indoor parking or passenger drop-off within Central station. The existing multi-storey parking facility on Oswald Street and on-street parking surrounding Central station remain, with passenger drop-off having moved to surrounding streets. During Cyclone Bodil in December 2013,
3025-417: Was transferred to the new West of Scotland Signalling Centre (WSSC) at Cowlairs . The NX panel is to be preserved. The station is currently signalled by two Westinghouse Westlock Interlockings which are controlled via an Alstom MCS control system. Overhead power lines began to appear on the high-level platforms in the early 1960s under British Railways . Firstly came 6.25 kV AC overhead power lines from
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