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Contact the photographer for details.";function clickIE4(){if(event.button==2){alert(message);return false;}}function clickNS4(e){if(document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){if(e.which==2||e.which==3){alert(message);return false;}}}if(document.layers){document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS4;}else if(document.all&&!document.getElementById){document.onmousedown=clickIE4;}document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false")</script> <style> @media only screen and (max-width: 800px) { .mainimage { max-width:100%; } } </style><link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css"><script language="Javascript" src="/jquery-ui/jqui10/js/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js.pagespeed.jm.4dkrtxMyIS.js"></script><div class="container"><p><center><img class="mainimage" src="/images/54000/54523.jpg"></center></p><p>334030 enters Queen Street Low Level heading west, seen from North Hanover Street. Soon to be much busier!</p><p>Location: <a href="/locations/G/Glasgow_Queen_Street_Low_Level">Glasgow Queen Street Low Level</a></p><p>Original line: <a href="/companies/G/Glasgow_City_and_District_Railway">Glasgow City and District Railway</a></p><p>Photographer: <a href="/contributors/Bill_Roberton">Bill Roberton</a></p><p>Contact photographer: <a href="/pm/index.php?img=54523&whoto=Bill Roberton" target="contact">Bill Roberton</a></p><p><a href="/pm/index.php?img=54523&whoto=Ewan Crawford" target="contact">Contact editor</a></p><p>Date: <a href="/onthisday/03/18">18/03/</a>2016</p><p>Image number: 54523</p><br>Other photographs of Glasgow Queen Street Low Level on RailScot<table style="width: 100%; display: block; overflow-x: scroll;"><tr><td><a title='Western end of Glasgow Queen street Low Level.' href='/img/7/824'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/7000/7824.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='..pausing only to subtract the number you first thought of...? More than a quick glance required. Queen Street Low Level on 17 May.' href='/img/19/175'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/19000/19175.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Birds eye view of 320315 and 320413 on a Balloch â€“ Airdrie service as they emerge from the tunnel west of Queen Street Low Level station on 7th September 2020.' href='/img/74/302'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/74000/74302.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Photograph taken through a convenient hole in a fence as 320312 arrives eastbound into Glasgow Queen Street Low Level on 16 June 2009. ' href='/img/24/204'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/24000/24204.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Newly refurbished 320314 pauses at Glasgow Queen Street Low Level on 2 September with a service to Dalmuir.' href='/img/35/653'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/35000/35653.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A West Highland departure prepares to head east from Queen Street Low Level on 31 March 2016 during the extended closure of the High Level station.' href='/img/54/639'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/54000/54639.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A Dumbarton Central service is caught in the brief gap between tunnels at the east end of Queen Street Low Level. I have been trying to take this shot for years so you can at least be pleased for me. You can see that the usable platforms once extended further east than they now do.' href='/img/64/349'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/64000/64349.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='The newly configured Glasgow Queen Street cuts out the roundabout route between the High and Low Level platforms revealing how close they really are. All platforms are now accessed through common ticket barriers at the high level.' href='/img/77/182'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/77000/77182.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='Queen Street Low Level platform 8 looking west on 1 April 2009. The three recently installed CIS screens are a big improvement on the rather apologetic single-site monitors they replaced. Whoever programmed the new system was obviously feeling nostalgic when deciding on Balloch Central, given it has been plain Balloch since the station was resited slightly closer to Glasgow in 1988 to cut out a level crossing. In fact it had become the sole Balloch station 2 years earlier when the short extension to Balloch Pier was closed - making the suffix especially redundant! ' href='/img/23/128'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/23000/23128.jpg'></a></td><td><a title='A 6 car eastbound service with 334033 leading, enters Glasgow Queen Street station on 22 November 2015. See image for an almost matching shot from 41 years earlier.' href='/img/53/378'><img style='padding: 2px;' width='90px' src='/__cache/thumbnails/53000/53378.jpg'></a></td></tr></table><br><br>  <div id="dialog" title="Enlarged image" style="display: none;"> <span id="dialogtext"></span> <br><a target="ebay" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk"><img align="right" src="/ebay/xeBay-logo-right-now-108x45.gif.pagespeed.ic.-1kRB_5ODm.png"></a> </div> <div id="ebayid" style="display: none; border-top: 1px dotted #CCC; padding-top: 25px; margin-top: 25px;"> <a target="ebay" href="https://www.ebay.co.uk"><img src="/ebay/xeBay-logo-right-now-108x45.gif.pagespeed.ic.-1kRB_5ODm.png"></a><br> eBay has some items listed which may be of interest. RailScot is an eBay affiliate. 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