Network Rail has announced that Glasgow Queen Street's platform 1 has entered service following an extension as the £120 million redevelopments of the station reaches the milestone.
During the May Bank Holiday weekend, Network Rail completed the 6-month project to extend platform 1 by 50 metres, providing more space for four carriage trains.
Work started in November 2017 with the demolition of the former ticket office and staff accommodation block.
During the project, engineers worked over 11,500 hours to remove more than 4,000 tonnes of demolition material before laying 200 tonnes of ballast, 35 metres of new sleepers and rails and installing overhead power masts.
In addition to the extension of platform 1, platforms 2-5 will also be lengthened to accept trains up to eight-carriages long.
What did the officials say?
Alan Ross, director of sponsorship for Network Rail Scotland, said:
“We are transforming Glasgow Queen Street to create a bigger and brighter station and successfully completing the extension of platform one is the first significant milestone for the project team.
“The redevelopment of Queen Street, and the recently completed electrification of the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line is part of our plan to build the best railway Scotland has ever had – delivering longer, faster trains with more seats for customers.”
On Friday (May 4), Transport Minister Humza Yousaf visited the station to view progress on the extension works.
Mr Yousaf said:
“It's great to see very real progress at Queen Street Station with the accelerated delivery of the platform one extension. Once complete, the redeveloped station will deliver a fully accessible, modern, transport facility that better serves the needs of passengers and the city while also enabling longer, faster, greener trains to operate.”
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