Glasgow City and District Railway
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Glasgow City and District Railway
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The Glasgow City and District Railway was a sub-surface railway line in Glasgow, Scotland, built to connect suburban routes east and west of the city, and to relieve congestion at the Queen Street terminus. Construction of the cut-and-cover route, only the fourth such in Great Britain, was formidably complex, but the line opened in 1886. It was steam operated, leading to complaints about smoky conditions. It had a four-platform low level station at Queen Street, and was heavily used. The line wa
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Subsurface rail line in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_City_and_District_Railway
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2024-03-24T15:13:39Z
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