Trains to Glasgow Queen Street

The third busiest station in Scotland, Glasgow Queen Street was opened in 1842 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and the Edinburgh Shuttle remains one of the main services operating out of the station, with up to eight trains an hour. Other trains calling at the station include those to Glasgow’s northern towns and suburbs, and Glasgow Queen Street is also the terminus for services to the north of Scotland, such as Oban, Aberdeen and Inverness. Travellers leave Glasgow Queen Street station and emerge onto George Square, the de facto centre of the city. To the west of the station are the many venues that make up the theatre district, as well as the shopping precinct of Sauchiehall Street. Buchanan Street, with its own collection of shops and restaurants, runs south from the station. Glasgow Queen Street is also the closest station to Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Strathclyde.