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Charing Cross is a major road junction and area within the centre of Glasgow, Scotland.It is situated north of the River Clyde at the intersection of Sauchiehall Street, St George's Road, Woodlands Road, North Street and Newton Street, [1] as well as being at a major interchange of the M8 motorway, which runs beneath in a subterranean cutting.
Under the Charing Cross Masterplan for the area unveiled by Glasgow City Council and the owner of Elmbank Gardens - London and Scottish Property Investments (L&SPI), [1] the current surface buildings will be demolished and rebuilt as part of a new development which will see most of the surrounding 1970s-era office blocks demolished and the site ...
Elmbank Gardens is a multi-use commercial complex (and the name given to a former street) in the Charing Cross area of Glasgow, Scotland.Best known for its signature 13-storey tower (often nicknamed the Charing Cross Tower or the Elmbank Tower) which overlooks the M8 motorway and stands directly opposite the Mitchell Library, it was designed by Richard Seifert and constructed between 1970 and ...
Rail fares across Scotland are set to increase by 3.8% in April. The price rise, instigated by Transport Scotland, will affect all services operated by ScotRail.
Bridge to Nowhere is a nickname used to refer to various unfinished structures around the M8 motorway in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. They were built in the 1960s as part of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road project but left incomplete for several years. One "bridge", at Charing Cross, was completed in the 1990s as an office block.
Charing Cross; opened 15 March 1886; Glasgow Queen Street; College; new station 15 March 1886 replacing terminus at higher level; renamed Glasgow High Street 1914; High Street East Junction; convergence with City of Glasgow Union Line and College Goods. [7] [page needed]
The M8, Scotland's busiest motorway, passing under Charing Cross in central Glasgow. The M8 is Scotland's busiest motorway, running from the capital city of Edinburgh, approximately 40 miles (64 km) to the east of Glasgow, through the centre of Glasgow and on to Bishopton in western Renfrewshire, 13 miles (21 km) further west. The motorway was ...
The system is not the oldest underground railway in Glasgow: that distinction belongs to a three-mile (five-kilometre) section of the Glasgow City and District Railway opened in 1886, now part of the North Clyde Line of the suburban railway network, which runs in a tunnel under the city centre between High Street and west of Charing Cross.