Bridge Street Station, 36, 38, 40 Bridge Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1986. Railway station.

Bridge Street Station, 36, 38, 40 Bridge Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
lone-alcove-pearl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Railway station
OS grid reference
NS 586 645
Coordinates
55.85332, -4.25903
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bridge Street Station, located at 36, 38, and 40 Bridge Street in Glasgow, was designed by architect James Miller and engineer George Graham, with construction beginning in 1888 and the station opening in 1890. This 4-storey and attic railway station features an 18-bay upper level that includes three shops and offices, constructed from ashlar stone.

The central booking hall boasts a high ceiling and is fronted by four arches that are concealed by a fascia. There are stair entrances on either side, adorned with terracotta plaques that are dated "AD 1890" on the left and display the Caledonian Railway's lion rampant on the right. The ground floor shops are complemented by first-floor flats, which have 6-pane mullioned windows. The second floor features 20-pane cross windows, and narrow Ionic pilasters divide the bays on the upper floors, topped with an entablature and cornice.

In the attic, there are nine wallhead gabletted dormer windows, each with 30 panes. The roof has six stacks at the end ridge and along the front slope.

The elevation facing the railway is two storeys with an attic. At platform level, there are five arches, four of which retain their original windows, while one doorway is blocked. These arches are separated by Ionic pilasters and feature corniced mullioned windows along with three doors, two of which have segmental pediments. The first floor includes nine bipartite windows, one tripartite window, and one slit window. The attic has a wallhead stack and eight gabletted dormer windows of various sizes, all with original glazing patterns, and the roof is covered in slate.

Inside, there are stairs leading to the platform, and some cornicing and terracotta elements of the arcade have survived.

Local climate

Bridge Street Station, 36, 38, 40 Bridge Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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