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Tuesday 16 Jul 2013

Central station photo exhibition puts Scotland in the shop window

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Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

Passengers at Glasgow Central are getting a chance to see Scotland’s stunning scenery without even leaving the concourse thanks to a unique new photography exhibition.

Scotland’s busiest station has converted the windows of three of its retail units into a temporary photo gallery to promote Take-a-view, the UK’s national landscape photography competition.

For the next seven weeks the units, which are closed for refurbishment, will be used to display some of the best images of Scotland from previous years of the Network Rail-sponsored competition.

Taken by photographers from around the UK, among the images featured are shots of the Tay rail bridge, Rua Reidh lighthouse (Gairloch), Eilean Donan Castle (Kyle of Lochalsh), Loch Dochard, Loch Lomond and the Isle of Eigg.

David Biggs, director of property for Network Rail, said: “Glasgow Central station is used by over 100,000 passengers a day and this is a unique opportunity to showcase Scotland to them. During our refurbishment work, passengers will now be greeted with stunning shots from around Scotland rather than plain hoardings or blank windows. This exhibition is a more creative use of our space and it reinforces our desire to make our stations destinations for people to enjoy rather than just departure or arrival points.”