WH Smith

This WH Smith is a good railway branch, as it has a large range of magazines (including international editions, magbooks etc), sweets and drinks, sandwiches and basic stationery as well as cards and newspapers. In my experience, it tends to be open later than some railway branches of this store, and I quite often find myself popping in to browse the magazines, even when I am not going on a train journey.
I like the layout, it is logical and easy to find what you are looking for, and they tend to have some offers by the tills (such as chocolate for £1, free water if you buy certain newspapers, or perhaps end of range items for a smaller price).
As a station WH Smith it tends to be on the pricy side (I much prefer the high street branches for general stationery, books and the like), but it does have much of what you might want for a journey. If I had forgotten to make my own food for a longer train journey I would tend to seek out a nearby supermarket or eatery rather than get something here, but it is handy that they have sandwiches and meal deals.
The staff are generally quite friendly, and serve you at the till quickly (I guess they are used to dealing with commuters and frazzled travellers). I am not a fan of self service tills generally but they do have a few here, and if you don’t like using those the staff will help you. for some reason even though I used to work in a supermarket I can never get the self service tills to behave!

WH Smith is a great shop for magazines that you cant get elsewhere l had previously bought them from Borders till they had closed. If you are there to buy juice /​water or even sandwiches be prepared to pay an arm and a leg you are better going into Marks and spencer as I am sure they are cheaper. one of the items that l bought was a pack of polo’s and they where 70p.

Know what I love?
Spending a fiver on a piece. These aren’t just any pieces either. These are cardboard-​esque, filled with 1% chicken and 99% lettuce pieces. They are amongst the other lunch type foods that WH Smith in Central Station sells.
FYI, I don’t actually like paying a fiver for a sandwich (just in-​case you didn’t get my sarcasm there) but if you’re Hank Marvin and rushing for a train, then that’s about what you can expect to pay at this over-​priced, vile shop. I hate it’s guts.
I would literally go out of my way to stop at a shop on Buchanan Street or Argyle Street and miss my train than give this hideous, glorified news agents my custom. In saying that, it does have the best magazines in the station, and arguably, in the area, since the heart breaking demise of Borders (RIP) If Anglers Weekly tickles your fancy, then you will find it here. The shop assistants are soul-​less too. Totally dead behind the eyes. No wonder, having to pedal this tripe to commuters day in, day out.
Steer clear. And for the record… No, I don’t want a bar of Fruit and Nut for a pound. Thank you.

I’m barely exaggerating when I say I’ve previously bought a magazine, a sandwich and a couple of bottles of water here and been left with little change from twenty quid. The prices here truly are mindblowing. It’s over a pound for a carton of Ribena, nearer two for a bottle of water, and a whopping 75p for a packet of chewing gum. Don’t even start me on the sandwiches. Thankfully papers and magazines are all fixed prices so they can’t bump them up. If they could they would.
I do feel a bit sorry for the staff as they are made to upsell crap at the tills to an entirely disinterested customer base. It always seems to be Pringles, Dairy Milk, Wine Gums or chewing gum for a pound. Don’t bother, it will still be cheaper elsewhere.

I’ve grown to despise WH Smith, and I imagine everyone who has ever graced the train station with a deep hunger and a train to catch in 10 minutes does too. Dig deep for those sandwiches — not only are they pretty manky, they are a million pounds each (roughly) and unfortunately the cheapest option in Central Station — others being forking out a fortune for a massive baguette in a sandwich shop or Marks and Spencers, and we all know the easy manner in which one can spend a fortune there.
At least don’t buy your chewing gum here though — they’ll only make you buy in a large amost multipack sized packer, hiking up the prices even more to try and fool you into thinking you’re only paying so much because you’re getting so much more than in an ordinary packet!