I first parked at Shields Road by accident, I'd gotten myself lost in the confusing streets of…read moreTradeston and couldn't find Bridge Street. I now prefer Shields Road, so it all worked out well in the end. It's easy to get to off the M8 or M77, so is very handy if you're coming from the south or east. It's located opposite the beautiful Scotland Street School which is always nice to look at early in the morning! There is a multi storey carpark as well as an outdoor parking area, meaning there is always lots of parking spaces no matter what time of day you arrive. I always just park in the outdoor area as I hate the monotony of driving up and down levels trying to find a spot. From the outside carpark it is maybe a 3 minute walk to the underground which even on a wet weather day is bearable (with a brolly). The station itself is small and simple. One platform, inner circle on the left, outer on the right and trains come about every 5 minutes so you're not waiting long. From Shields Road it's 8 minutes to Buchanan Street, or 6 minutes to St Enoch (my two main stations). For car parking and a return underground ticket you'll pay £5 which I think is great value, especially now that onstreet parking in the city centre has gone up again. I often take advantage of The Fish People shop when returning to my car to pick up some fresh fish for dinner that night, which is very handy. I can't think of what Shields Road would need to get this to be a 5 star review, I guess I'm just not that passionate about public transport. Fun fact: I was petrified of the underground for at least a year.

Park and Ride! (£5 all day parking inc return subway ticket)…read more For years I've either caught the train or driven the hour to north Glasgow on the M77/M8. I've often wondered about Shields Road Park and Ride subway station, but until this week never had the opportunity to check it out. Well blow me down if this isn't the best way to get into the city centre without all the hassle of fighting my way through that last few miles of gridlock, or trying to find an affordable parking space. I used the facility late morning/midweek. There were plenty of parking bays available outside the station, and probably plenty in the multi-storey car park too. It was quite a straightforward procedure. I took a ticket at the barrier on my way in, parked, then showed it to the lady at the subway ticket booth. Five pounds was handed over in return for a return subway ticket and the parking ticket which would get me out through the barrier on my return. Worked a treat, and really suited my travel plans. Its opposite the Scotland Street School Museum so I managed to get a little photo opportunity to boot. Win win!

The Exhibition Centre station is probably a tiny bit too small to do the job it's supposed to. It's…read morea two platform station and is the closest one to the SECC and Hydro, so people either change at Partick or Central to get to the Exhibition Centre for events. The result is that most of the time the station is pretty quiet but every now and then it's absolutely mobbed. I have no idea what the solution to this is. However, it is also quite a handy station if you're in the Finnieston area. Finnieston is more or less in the centre of the subway loop and isn't the best for buses either, so if you're wanting to get between Finnieston and the city centre, you're far better catching the train (it's often cheaper than the subway too). The staff here are particularly great (shout out to the guy with the glasses who sells tickets and who is brilliant) and there's a fair bit of space indoors between the two platforms where you can keep out of the rain. There are also benches on the platforms themselves and there's free WiFi and ticket machines. There are quite a lot of steps to get down to the platform from street level, but there is a lift too. It's just worth planning ahead if you need to use the lift when the station is likely to be busy.

When I was a little brat, I used to often visit the SECC with my family, usually twice a year to…read moresee the Motor Show and the Ideal Homes Exhibition. I used to find such events unbelievably exciting at aged 6, though nowadays I really couldn't be bothered traipsing round the halls looking at cheap Korean cars or a cardboard mock up of a flatpack Wimpy home. Anyway, perhaps the most exciting thing was the massive red tunnel that leads from this station to the SECC, it doesn't feel as space age as it did then, but it still brings back the memories.

Arrived here on Citylink from Edinburgh, left on Citylink to Manchester. No wifi in the bus station…read morewas unexpected, bathroom available, food to takeaway for the ride if you need it. Clean enough, not amazing.

I would just like to start and say myself partner, son and father in law travelled from Edinburgh…read moreto glasgow on the 16th of march. My partner has recently gone blind where he is blind in one full eye and half in the right eye and is still trying to face his daily routine and get around using his blind stick. We both want to thank the guys that are around the busses before departure offering to help him on the bus as we were ready to head back to Edinburgh and another guy saving us a seat on the lower ground as the bus was quite busy. I was really surprised and grateful when the 2 men offered us their help and so was he. Thanks guys keep up the great work! :) Danielle

Shettleston Railway Station is part of the Scotrail network. It's located on Balgair Terrace near…read morethe Tesco Extra supermarket. Shettleston is on the North East Route, connecting Drumgelloch on the east to Helensburgh Central and Balloch to the west. It takes approximately 10 minutes to get into the city centre from here, where it stops at High Street, Glasgow Queen Street, and Charing cross. It is once stop west of Garrowhill station and fares are a little cheaper than from there. It's just under £2.50 for a return from Shettleston to Queen Street. The station is at ground level, though it's on a low-level line. It has a manned ticket booth and a small vestibule where you can sit indoors and wait for the train. Commuter trains are frequent, arriving every 15 minutes in both directions between about 7am and 7pm, and every 30 minutes on Sundays and evenings. Not the most exciting of train stations, but it does the job!

Barnhill station is practically just a stone's throw from Springburn station, but it is the closest…read morestation to St Rollox retail park, which includes a Lidl, Costco and Tesco superstore. It lies just off Petershill Road and the large Royal Mail sorting office - a major employer in the area. The train service is frequent, with trains between Springburn and the west end of Glasgow (Balloch, Dalmuir, Milngavie) calling here. The station is usually very quiet but I would not recommend hanging around after dark, as the nearby area is somewhat dodgy. It is not ideal that Barnhill does not have a ticket office or waiting room, though given it is such a quiet station it is understandable. It would definitely be better to sit in a proper waiting room on a cold winter's night though, rather than the somewhat primitive bus shelter-style ones here. I was bemused to learn that Barnhill does not see any trains stop at it on a Sunday, which gives it the appearance of some sort of ghost station on the ScotRail timetable. I know that the station is not well-used but to have it totally closed on a Sunday is absolute blasphemy. If the lack of patronage justifies its closure, then why not do the same with other quiet stations like Scotstounhill or Hillington East?

We bought an all day ticket for £3.40, which is worth it if you plan to use the subway at least 3…read moretimes. I would say the carriages are cute, due to the small size. There are two routes- Outer Circle and Inner Circle. One runs clockwise and the other runs anticlockwise around the same route in separate tunnel. There is a total of 15 stations.

What a waste of time…read more Today we waited 30 minutes to crawl 3 stops, then we're informed the trains are cancelled. This is a common occurrence with SPT. Cancelled trains, delayed journeys, no information or help. This is supposed to be a modern city, so long as you don't plan on going anywhere important. And may whatever deity you favour help you if you need it on a Sunday. I can't stress this point enough, this is a century old circle, how do we fail to manage a circle?

This is my local train train station and it's pretty good for a wee train station and it's also…read morequite busy for a small station too. I quite like the fact it's not a manned station sometimes as it means I don't have to worry about ever queueing to get a ticket or such things. There's a information button you can press if you're ever needing train information or needing to know train times, etc... I'd probably never press it because I'm not a fan of chatting to some quiet person in a metal box on a stick in public, but that's just me and my daft ways. Pros: Fairly frequent service (half hourly) until quite late at night No ticket dude Wee bridge to hide under or shelter when it rains (as it often does) Wee bench Wee bin Cons: Only stairs ~ No ramp access for people with prams/buggys or wheelchairs Not 24 hour service (but not many train stations in Glasgow have that) No train information/timetable screens And my main bugbear is: NO SUNDAY SERVICE!!! Sort this out PLEASE ScotRail. In this day and age I think no Sunday service on what is clearly a popular train station is ridiculous. Annoys the heck out of me. If there was a Sunday service then it would most definitely get used by many locals. Ally Parade is always one of the busiest stops whenever I'm on the train coming from town or from the West End so it's daft they have no Sunday service. Bellgrove does and from what I can tell it's less popular/busier than Ally Parade so ScotRail; you're losing out. Please sort it. Thank you.

My local train station. It gets two stars mostly for convenience and the fact that there is both a…read morebridge and a shelter to stand under if it rains. However, no trains on a Sunday, no ticket machines and a tonne of pooping pigeons makes this place just a bit meh for me. Not to mention the fact that if it's raining or there's some bad weather, the station is known to cancel all trains without warning, requiring a taxi or a trip to bellgrove a couple of stops away. Only ten minutes to Queen St though.

People tend to forget about Cowcaddens station, but it's really handy for the top end of town and I…read moreprobably use it more than Buchanan Street or St. Enoch. It's a short walk away from Theatre Royal, the Royal Conservatoire, GFT, Piping Centre and even the middle of Sauchiehall Street precinct. Not much else to say about it except for the bit of trivia that the stretch between here and Buchanan Street is the lowest part of the Subway, and in the old days they apparently used to keep a rowing boat at Cowcaddens for when the line was flooded!

At a sort of periphary where the city centre turns into a bit of a concrete jungle, there's not…read moreactually to many places that this stop is most convenient for. Off the top of my head I can think of Buchanan Bus Station, The Royal Concert Hall, Stow College, SMG and if you know what streets to go for a shortcut, the pub / club end of Sauchihall Street. So actually, I stand corrected, it's perhaps quite useful after all.

I do - slightly - apologise for the second photography of this place. It's not very professional…read morebut it made me giggle. This was on a recent pub and grub outing with the boy. Who turned round to see what I was doing and inadvertently got snapped. This was, of course, followed by a "Oh for f**k's sake. Have you got that b****y camera out again. Can we not just go for dinner? I'm not walking beside you with that thing - you look like a nutter." and so on until we got to The Bank. Anyway, as a local living 'out in the sticks' (e.g. not in the hustle and bustle of the City Centre or West End) and liking a drink, therefore ruling out the car option, public transport is pretty important. And, I reckon, often overlooked. Thus, here we are reading/writing a review of a train station. Now, Cathcart railway station is located just where Clarkston Road meets Newlands Road. This means it's not exactly handy for the busy Battlefield Road and Hampden area just minutes away. Instead, it is in a mainly residential area that has a few shops and restaurants as well as ONE pub. However, it is very handy for transport into town as the trains are usually on time and fairly quick. They are a little bit more on the expensive side compared to buses but then again you don't need to worry about getting stuck in traffic until you hit the short run up to Central Station that has the odd train or two queued up already. I had to say that I'm not really a big fan of trains and usually opt for the bus. But, seen as I will be starting a job in Pollok Country Park soon it is likely this was because a thing of the past as there are no direct buses from me to them. Hence, a quick jump on at Cathcart and a jump off at Pollokshaws East (or West - which one is it??) will probably because a pretty regular occurrence. This brings up another good point - sometimes the railway stations are closer and/or more convenience to get to you destination. So, worth investigating if you are willing to travel (or live) out in the sticks.