With Glasgow uniquely positioned in Scotland, traveling by train is the perfect options. Times are…read moreconvenient and fairly priced. The train station is dirty but the coach seat was perfect and clean once on the train. The passengers and workers were extremely friendly and helpful, making for a great, safe and comforting trip. The boarding process was quick and easy, especially with luggage. Although we had to carry our luggage up 1 stair, the train wasn't sold out so there was plenty of room for our many bags.

Station is freezing. It's ok otherwise. Lots of trains, which is the main thing. Some places to…read moregrab a wee snack and it's close to the city center

Just off the queen street train station and right out the door your in the middle of the city…read more Loaded up with bars, restaurants, shopping and museums. The heart of the city center. Well it's kind of a mess right now as it's going through some major renovations. From what I've heard is things are being removed and replaced. Hopefully by the next time I've visited, it should be complete. The nice thing about this area, everything is all walking distance from each other. You can start off at a pub, move over to next. Get some shipping done, grab a meal and finish off at another pub. So many good restaurants that's all nearby. Both quick and easy places and sit down dining. Even loads of more upscale bars and restaurants. Just popping into different places and seeing what's there is really great. Major plus, with the train station ending there, it sure brings in loads of people. Daily and especially during the weekend.

We arrived in the evening. It was easy getting out from here and it was within walking distance to…read moreour hotel.

Ah, the home of the legendary - really - Escalator Of Doom…read more Picture the scene. Someone (not me, honest) has had a few drinks and gets off here to visit some more local beverage establishments. You come up the stairs from the platforms, through the gate, and you see A HUGE ESCALATOR leading up to the main road. Do you a) be sensible and get the UP escalator in comfort and enjoy the ride? or b) Get your friend to go up, film you running up the down escalator while laughing uncontrollably and declaring that you're drunk? If the answer is b then you'll love this station, although they do discourage the whole running up the down side these days. YouTube proof does exist, but that remains a secret from this site. A handy station for West End Wanderings, close to several great pubs and eateries, and some excellent street art outside; mental purple squirrels, no less!

It's a tiny little sub-station, no where near as grand as the Buchanan Street or Govan stations,…read morebut it does its work. Located under the bridge off Great Western Road, it's got facilities for the 'park and ride' scheme, which, in this day of conservation is a truly excellent idea. It's got an intuitive layout; a main entrance under the bridge, an escalator entrance from the bridge itself, and, if you feel like walking down stairs rather than being carried down, you can use the side stairs. If you use the side stairs, you get a very good look at some excellent graffiti underneath. Don't get me wrong, this is GOOD graffiti. Artistic, and a few times I have seen a fashion shoot going on under those stairs. (Be wary of late at night though, I've seen other things happen under that bridge also, which aren't suitable for children). As a frequent flyer, I often get recognised by the staff, and they're friendly if you let them. They don't just have to be the person on the other side of the glass. In fact, I once brought a coffee to the guy who sells me my ticket every morning. Got a free ride for that one, but that wasn't my intent. He's just a nice guy. One of the cleaner stations of the Clockwork Orange. But, I will admit, since this place is a lot of staircases, it's a royal pain when the escalators aren't working.

Like most of the underground stations in Glasgow (with the exception of maybe Queen Street Low…read moreLevel), Argyle Street is rather grim and downtrodden, but it's in a fairly convenient location, in the central shopping district on Argyle Street (duh!), right next to the St Enoch centre and near the department stores. You walk in through a sort of tunnel, then there's a small ticket office which is usually staffed. Once you're ready, ticket in hand, you're directed down the escalator to ticket barriers - which were open and unmanned when I visited. Then you walk through a dark and dreary corridor and up another escalator to the smelly, dirty platform. Due to the amount of stairs and gates you have to go through to get this far, it's not particularly a station I would want to travel from if was in a rush or unaccompanied. There didn't seem to be any staff over on the platform which just screams dangerous to me. But it's not all bad, the man at the ticket office was fairly friendly (rare for ScotRail) and they have screens and automated announcements as to when your train is coming, but as it's ScotRail you must know that you may hear "we are sorry to announce that the x ScotRail service to x has been delayed/cancelled due to signalling problems/industrial action/some other ridiculous reason" far too often.

This train station is often forgotten by locals and the transport authority alike…read more Locals tend to bypass it without ever realising it's there. I know I've been through here, but I can't think when. It's not on my train-line, making it all the more baffling. As the others mentioned, there are no ticket barriers here, so like High Street and Charing Cross, you might get away with that couple of quid still in hand. Bonus! It's handy for getting to the Merchant City, and is a decent walking distance from both Central, Queen Street and High Street stations. Not bad.

A train station is a train station and they don't tend to differ very much, although this one is…read moreideally located at the top of the toon and is often overlooked in favour of the big bustling ones in the centre. I pass through this station most days and the staff are always really friendly; one cheerful ticket lady ushered me through the barrier for free when I passed through on new year's eve, which was a nice wee festive treat. There's rarely a queue, the staff are lovely and it's ideally located for those holidaying in one of the nearby hotels or for locals heading to work or into town. An ideal wee station.

Charing Cross is definitely one of the better Scotrail train stations. Located, would you believe…read moreit, at Charing Cross, it's the perfect place to hop off the train for a night out on Sauchiehall or Bath Streets. It's also very close to the King's Theatre and the Mitchell Library. There are no barriers in opertion at this station, so it's quick in and out. The only obstacle is the stairs, but you can always take the lift if you're feeling lazy! Lines operate from Drumgelloch and Springburn to Milngavie, Helensburgh, and Balloch. There's also a wee WH Smith, which is quite expensive but they often have deals on chocolate and it's great for picking up your morning paper. Another added bonus is that when you're heading east you beat the rush for seats that follows at Queen Street. Brilliant!

Since it had the revamp, Partick has become one of the shiniest stations on the commuter lines and…read morea transport hub for Partick. It now connects with the small bus station bit outside, and it's very handy for Morrisons supermarket too. The original station was on the other side of Dumbarton Road, which accounts for the unusually long platforms here. On this present site stood the subway station of Merkland Street, but now the subway and rail line stops are combined as simply 'Partick'. It's light and airy with lots of glass and metalwork, and the large atrium lets you see how high up the rail line actually is - and how many stairs there are to climb! But fear not, just past the ticket office there are escalators. It always feels understaffed for its size to me - there never seems to be enough people at the ticket office and you're more likely to end up buying a ticket from someone standing at the entranceway to the escalators. There are no automatic barriers or even ticket machines for the rail line, which seems a strange omission; but no doubt they're planning on adding those at a later date. The subway on the other hand, is fully turnstiled and ticket machined as you would expect and it kind of puts the big trains to shame in that respect. There's not much else inside apart from a wee newsagents stall and a cart selling mediocre coffee. But check out Bud Neill's 'G. I. Bride' statue by the entrance doors - this is a sister sculpture to 'Lobey Dosser' on Woodlands Road and is a fine tribute to the great man's 'other' cartoon. I love it to bits.

As far as train stations go Partick is pretty good. They gave it a wee spruce up a few years ago &…read moreto be honest I can't actually remember what the old Partick train station used to look like...ooft. Bad brain. Anyways it's all sparkly (I wish) & dolled up a bit now. There's a handy wee coffee cart inside the station beside the door, I went once & the lady serving was really friendly but I wasn't blown away by the coffee unfortunately. There's also a mini WHSmiths stall too for mags, fags, bags & jags (I jest of course), yous ken what they sell so I don't need to tell you. It's handy that you don't have to go outside to get to the Subway here - this I likey. It's very handy when I need to dash (RUN!) from my train to try & catch the Subway when I'm working. Although they lose a star for having the annoying wee bit where there's 2 ticket inspectors checking everyone's tickets as they leave or enter the station. Bah. They only seem to be there during rush-hour times when, funnily enough, people are usually in a hurry. Duh. So sometimes there's a bit of a mosh pit to wade through but having said that flashing my Zonecard at them DOES make me feel like a special dectective or spy or summat like that. Yas. In my head I am anyway...la la la... Two (count 'em) platforms & a Subway is what you get here. I like the inside warm bit where you can wait for your train when it's baltic or raining but I also like the huuuuuge long platforms. Not enough wee teles though along the platform informing you of train information/times. That's another bugbear. Besides that Partick is pretty nifty as far a small to mid-size train stations go. As Bill and Ted would have said in the future; Partick? STATION!

One of the more aesthetically pleasing stations on the local line, Queen's Park still bears many of…read morethe same features it opened with in 1886, including the small ticket office. With vast, narrow platforms its capable of holding hundreds of passengers, which is just as well as it can be extremely busy. Given its close proximity to Pollokshaws Road, it's in a safe, busy area and is within five minutes walk of the main entrance to Queen's Park.

St. George's Cross, like Charing X, is an area that suffered much at the construction of Glasgow's…read moremotorway network back in the 1960s; consequently this oft-neglected subway stop is isolated in its own little island of roads. If you don't know the area and are on foot it can be difficult to find your way into the station, as it nestles underneath the roads with a choice of 4 or 5 approach routes, none of which are terribly well signposted. St. George's X sits at the end of two of the old main routes into the city, Great Western Road and Maryhill Road, and it used to be a junction of some importance. There's a fine sculpture of the eponymous saint doing his thing in the open area to the north of the station, although he seems to have lost his dragon-slaying spear. Although there's not a great deal of interest around now, the station is still handy for anything around the Woodlands area, Charing X, and the pubs and shops at this end of Great Western Road. Trivia: The station is built on the site of a medieval coal mine that was worked by monks and extended to the west as far as the Kelvin. They stopped the mine from collapsing by leaving pillars of coal holding up the roof - a thought that is perhaps worth bearing in mind if you are considering purchasing property in the area? During the station reconstruction when the Subway was modernised in 1978, workers excavated 16 tons of the coal, which proved a handy side benefit of the job, as they were allowed to remove the coal 'for their personal use'.

It seems, at every corner, there is a leak of some sort in the city of glasgow. It doesn't help…read morethat it's been raining constantly ever since winter arrived. There has been a massive revamp of all the subway stations and this one is slow going compared to the rest of them. The second you step off the subway, you're catapulted in to the damp musty smell of the underground and as you walk up the stairs, you can actually see the water flowing down towards the tracks. Not sure how healthy this is, so I get out as soon as I possibly can as I've recently found that I'm quite allergic to mold. This subway station is perfectly placed in between the edge of the west end and the edge of city centre, so I get off here when I have to be anywhere in between the two.

I do have a soft spot for this train station. Apart from using it a far bit when I was in, and…read morearound the Shawlands area more; my brother has used it an awful lot over the years for various jobs. As he points out - this has an impressive view of the city, especially from a train station. However, it is also a view of some of the more urban areas from the city, which means that you can play 'count the high rise flats' while you wait on your train. It also has two entrances and/or exits and one of these does happen to be particularly ill lit later on in the evening. Therefore, I would urge you to use caution if utilising this train station later on. Though, over all it's not a bad train station and does offer needed public transport. Certainly, if you are living in Glasgow for some time or travelling due to work, it's likely that you'll come across here at some point.

One of the first stations to be refurbished, Hillhead now looks like an overly-lit public toilet…read morewith its uniform coverage of large white tiles and really bright fluorescent lighting. There's no attempt at any artistic merit at the platform level; however that is redeemed largely by the fantastic Alasdair Gray mural on the entrance concourse wall. I feel they have missed a trick with the refurbishment by not taking the opportunity to install LED lighting and incorporate more design elements on the platforms. It's hard to maintain the sense of individuality that the stations used to have when they are all bright white tiles. Some design motifs would have helped, and with LED lighting they would not only be more eco-friendly, they could change the mood of the lighting to suit the occasion. The best it can be described as is functional and utilitarian. But I do love the mural upstairs.

For me, the Hillhead subway station is pretty ideal. It has both staffed and self-service ticket…read moresales points and it has plenty of space in the main entrance and six turnstiles for its hundreds of customers - Hillhead is one of the busiest subway stops in the city. It also has that cool Alastair Grey tiled mural and a coffee shop. This stop is especially handy for Byres Road, the Botanic Gardens and the University of Glasgow which goes some way to explaining why its one of the busier stops on the Clockwork Orange. It's definitely a bit crowded at peak times but the regular rate of trains passing through mean that this isn't normally an issue. It has just reopened following works to modernise the subway in (summer 2016). However, since these works were necessary for sections of track at the depot, rather than for the stations themselves, it looks more or less the same as it did before.