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Craig Williams

Glasgow Batgirl film crews prepping for scenes at abandoned Botanic Gardens station

Batgirl film crews are prepping to shoot scenes for the movie at the long-abandoned Botanic Gardens station in Glasgow.

Glasgow Live reported yesterday that filming will take place in the old train tunnel that runs underneath Great Western Road from Kelvinbridge to the station that once served the west end botanical garden.

Now photos have surfaced showing that the station - which closed to passengers back in 1939 - will feature in scenes for the much-anticipated HBO Max flick, which stars Leslie Grace, Brendan Fraser and Michael Keaton.

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The photos show that two smashed up vehicles have been placed in the station area ahead of filming, one of which lies on one of the old platforms and the other - with its wheels and doors missing - located half on the platform and half on the old train line.

Meanwhile above the station in the gardens, what appears to be either scaffolding, or a camera rig, is being constructed ahead of filming.

The station, which opened in 1896, formed part of the Glasgow Central Railway line that also included stations such as Kirklee, Stobcross and Kelvinbridge.

Plans were tabled for a nightclub and bar in the disused station, but they were scrapped back in 2008.

Keep up-to-date with everything that is happening on the shoot via our live blog here

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