GLASGOW has remembered the war dead with a two minute silence marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

The silence was observed at Armistice Day services across the city at 11am yesterday.

Central Station held its annual tribute with a half-hour service attended by hundreds of people.

The busy station came to a halt at 11am as former soldiers and rail workers remembered all those who died for their country in conflicts.

The station, which has a war memorial, was the departure point for many men and women who went off to war.

Representatives from the British Legion, Salvation Army and Network Rail attended.

A Network Rail spokesman said: "The ceremony began with veterans marching into the station led by a piper.

"Wreaths were laid and during the silence all action seemed to come to a halt."

Shoppers and workers also gathered under grey skies at the cenotaph in George Square to pay their respects to those who gave their lives in service to the nation.

The scenes were mirrored across Scotland.

In Edinburgh around 500 members of the public joined veterans at the Princes Street Garden of Remembrance to mark the signing of the First World War armistice in 1918.

A two minute silence was also observed at the Scottish Parliament which suspended business.

In Dundee veterans and council representatives were joined by several hundred members of the public at a service in City Square.

Neil Griffiths, of the Royal British Legion Scotland, said: "Both young and old turned out for what was a moving and a fitting tribute to those Scots who gave their lives."