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Thursday 27 Oct 2016

Have a spooktacular Halloween at Glasgow Central

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Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

You’re in for a scare if you pass through Glasgow Central this Saturday (29 October) as the station hosts a frightful family fun day for Halloween.

The free event will take place between 11:00 and 15:00 and will feature a bouncy castle as well as scary face painting, games and live music.

Visitors are invited to wear their spookiest costume and there will be prizes for the best dressed in three age categories – babies to five years, six to 11years and 12 years and above.  

Due to its popularity last year, Central will also be hosting its pumpkin carving competition which is now open to entries. Just hand your carved pumpkins in to Network Rail’s station reception so that they can be displayed on the main concourse before the winning design is selected on Saturday afternoon.

The station’s costume and pumpkin carving competitions will be judged at 13:00 on the main concourse.  

Shift station manager Chris King said: “We’re all really excited about our Halloween fun day this Saturday and can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes.

“Central is always a lively place but it’s great to have the opportunity to host an open event and welcome the wider community in to the station.

“All of our activities are free so it’s the perfect way to keep your children occupied for an afternoon and we have lots of fantastic prizes to give away which have been donated by our train operators and station retailers.”