Glasgow Central Station - Passengers waiting on concourse

Glasgow Central Station - Passengers waiting on concourse Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

H9PM3E

File size:

51.7 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5100 x 3540 px | 43.2 x 30 cm | 17 x 11.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

24 November 2016

Location:

Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL

More information:

. This authentic period view of Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The frame specifically shows Glasgow Central Station - Passengers waiting on concourse. A broader reading of the photograph includes local mobility, changing land use, before-and-after reference, street-side transport, community identity, transport accessibility, public transport information, social history, place identity, visual archive, local history, contemporary social history, regional identity, and local character. For current editorial use, reliability and rural transport provide additional context, especially through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. Future viewers can use this scene from Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes archival record, public transport stop, period detail, changing streetscape, bus route infrastructure, everyday life, local bus network, and surface public transport. The combination of concourse, waiting, Central, Glasgow, and Passengers anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport within the specific setting of Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL. The image also provides a reference for rural transport and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare as part of the longer story of Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL. Image H9PM3E also remains a dated record of Gordon St, Glasgow G1 3SL.

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