THE Glasgow to Edinburgh rail service is being modernised in a £742million electrification programme that includes upgrades to key junctions and revamped stations.
Back in 1962 Glasgow commuters were excited by a different electrification scheme, the one that upgraded the Cathcart Circle, the stations around the city’s South Side.
Our picture, taken in May 1958, shows one of the diesel multiple-units at the Central Station platform for Cathcart Circle trains, but this DMU would operate on that line for only a few more years.
On the first official day of the new electric services, Monday, May 28, 1962, the Evening Times reported that the trains were very popular, with 5553 passengers having used them in their first morning rush hour.
So great was the demand there was standing room only in many of the compartments.
The new trains used on the route, Class 303 units, became known as the Blue Trains and they were also used when services were electrified north of the River Clyde.
The Pavilion in Renfield Street is undergoing a major revamp at the moment and back in May 1992 these construction workers were able to take centre stage when they completed a refitting for the theatre
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