page_title: Exhibition Centre railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Exhibition Centre railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Exhibition Centre railway station - murals from the platform level. View west.
context_page_description: Exhibition Centre railway station, previously called Finnieston and Stobcross due to its location in the Stobcross area of the city, is a railway station in Glasgow on the Argyle Line. It serves the SSE Hydro and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, which are accessible by adjoining footbridge from an island platform. The station suffers badly from congestion at concerts as most of Greater Glasgow can be reached from the station. There is a siding adjacent to Platform 2, that can be used as a turnback siding for trains terminating at Anderston or Glasgow Central Low Level. The line is served by Class 318s and Class 320s. Ticket gates are in operation.
context_section_description: In the days when the station was named Stobcross, the formation in front of Platform 1 was originally double track, with a platform where the overhead electrification masts are currently located. Just inside the tunnel from Partick, there was a junction.
  The route, now disused, to the north went to the Glasgow Central Railway's Maryhill Central.
  The route to the west is partially used by the Argyle Line link to the Clyde North Line (a new single track tunnel being constructed to connect up at Finnieston West Junction). Previously the line went to Partick Central railway station (which at one time had been renamed Kelvin Hall) and onwards along the River Clyde to Dumbarton.
  In 2017, the station's signage was changed to Craiglang, after the fictional town from the sitcom Still Game as a live version of the show was playing at the nearby SSE Hydro. Actors Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill provided pre-recorded safety announcements during this time. They had previously provided on-board announcements during a 2014 live-show run.
caption: A mural of Clydeside landmarks by Platform 1
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