Episode 4
Documentary series following the staff in Glasgow Central Station. Temperatures rise in and outside the station as Glasgow Fair passengers are affected by disruptions.
Documentary series following the people that work all hours to keep Scotland’s busiest train station on track, delving into the buildings history with stories of the past. Central Station has been at the heart of Glasgow for 140 years, running over 950 trains a day for 32 million passengers a year. Day and night for one long summer we meet the people who make the station work. Central Station has long been Scotland’s busiest - it is the Northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line from London and the starting point for travel to hundreds of stations in mainland Britain. Over the decades the station has knitted itself into the lives of many people. For generations of Glasgow folk, particularly those that work here, Central station has become part of the family.
In this fourth episode, temperatures rise in and outside the station as the heat causes points failures and disruptions across the board. Tom and Marie reminisce about their holidays to the coast in the Glasgow Fair and the Comms room work hard to get the bank holiday passengers to their destinations in time. Tour guide Paul reveals the stations wartime past and passenger Margaret remembers being evacuated from Central in WWII. Duty manager Drew has an unusual health and safety check to complete and we meet Alison, one of ScotRail’s few female drivers. The lost property office turns up some curious items left behind by passengers and some mischievous guide dog puppies are in training on the concourse.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Kevin Guthrie |
Producer | Paul Glynn |
Director | Paul Glynn |
Camera Operator | Paul Glynn |
Director | Shruti Rao |
Producer | Shruti Rao |
Camera Operator | Shruti Rao |
Executive Producer | Michael McAvoy |
Broadcasts
- Sun 24 Mar 2019 21:00
- Tue 26 Mar 2019 23:00
- Mon 20 May 2019 13:00
- Tue 8 Oct 2019 20:00
- Wed 9 Oct 2019 19:00
- Mon 20 Jan 2020 12:00
- Mon 6 Apr 2020 19:00
- Sat 4 Jul 2020 16:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales & Wales HD
- Sat 4 Jul 2020 17:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Thu 15 Apr 2021 19:00
- Sun 16 Jul 2023 19:30