CENTRAL GLASGOW PART 2

Let's start with some more buses, in the city centre. Glasgow Corporation Transport once ran them.

The Corporation later became Greater Glasgow PTE.

It was later to become Strathclyde's Buses.

It all got taken over by Firstbus.

Other operators in Central Glasgow included Clydeside......

.....Kelvin Central and.....

....some independents (Glasgow Citybus, Greens of Kirkintilloch and McKindless).

There have been a few operators of open-top tourist buses too.

Let's now move to Glasgow's other major railway station, Queen Street.

Outside the station, some of Glasgow's trams.

The PTE once operated the shuttle service to Central station, using some unusual vehicles. 

WA&S (Midland) once had a small bus station above the railway just north of Queen Street.

A nearby site was used by McGill's of Barrhead as a terminus for the company's bendibus.

The fairly new Buchanan Bus Station is also around here. Here's a good sampling of some of the vehicles to have been found there, starting with Western SMT.

Stagecoach have a major presence.

More Scottish Bus Group operators.

The "new" McGill's use the bus station.

McGill's took over from Arriva.

A short lived service run by Crawfords of Neilston.

This unusual bus was on display, but never used, if my memory serves me well.

At last! Beer time! In an area know as the Merchant City, a famous pub, the Blackfriars.

Nearby is the Babbity Bowster.

Many years ago, at nearby Glasgow Cross, both trams and trolleybuses could be found.

Across the top of Glasgow city centre now, close to Port Dundas, and there was a great pub, the Station Bar, sadly no longer serving real ale.

We conclude our visit to central Glasgow close to Hillhead subway station, at a venue called the Oran Mor.

The next post will see us weaving our way through the suburbs.

CENTRAL GLASGOW PART 1

Being a major city, there's a lot to show you in Glasgow, so I'll split things into two. Here's part 1.

Let's start around Glasgow Central railway station, with a view of the Clyde and the bridges crossing it to that location.

And here's the main railway bridge leading into Central station, in Caledonian Railway times.

A Caledonian Railway 4-4-0 departs.

A couple of local trains at Glasgow Central in 1971.

Now it's 1978 and an EMU awaits departure, as does a local DMU.

By 1993, the orange PTE livery had arrived.

Now we're into the 21st Century.

 We must not forget that there are also two low level platforms at Glasgow Central.

Jamaica Street is nearby and Glasgow's trams could be found there.

There's a Wetherspoons nearby, the Sir John Moore.

About to pass by is Strathclyde PTE Metrobus MB17, having just passed under Central station.

Only a few steps away was Buchanan Street.

And close to that was St Enoch Square and station.

The old Subway station building was retained as a tourist centre.

Outside, in 1981, a PTE tourist bus awaits custom.

Time for some beer now. First stop, the Toby Jug, though Whatpub reports no real ale now.

Fortunately, the Drum & Monkey is nearby and that's where this post ends.

In the next post, more buses, more pubs and Queen Street station.