Bridgeton railway station

For the closed Glasgow City and District Railway station called Bridgeton, see Bridgeton Central railway station.

1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) south east of Glasgow Central. The station is operated by ScotRail who also provide all train services.

History

Called Bridgeton Cross Station, ^[2] it opened on 1 November 1895 when the line between Glasgow Green and Rutherglen was opened by the Glasgow Central Railway. The station became a junction with the opening of the line to Carmyle and Kirkhill on 1 February 1897. Westbound services ran to Stobcross, from where they could proceed to Possil via Maryhill Central, Partickhill and points north via the connection to the Stobcross Railway or on to the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway to Dumbarton and Balloch Central via Partick Central & Dalmuir Riverside.

In 1956 the line was re-signalled with colour light signals controlled from the re-equipped signal boxes at Bridgeton Cross Junction and Stobcross Junction. However, the station was closed along with both lines on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe. The tracks were subsequently lifted, but the station and tunnels were left intact.

As part of the Argyle Line project, the Rutherglen line platforms reopened as Bridgeton Station ^[3] on 5 November 1979, as offering regular commuter services into Central Station (low level) and on towards the western suburbs.

In preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station underwent substantial renovations in 2010. ^[4]

Accidents and incidents

• On 2 February 1929, a passenger train was diverted into the bay platform due to a signalman's error. Several people were injured when the train crashed through the buffers. ^[5]

Services

1979

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, there were six trains an hour to the Hamilton Circle, from Dalmuir, with two services an hour going as far west as Dumbarton Central. The hourly service between Lanark and Milngavie ran non-stop through Bridgeton station.^{[ citation needed ]}

2008

Four trains per hour daily head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and eastbound towards Motherwell (with services onward to Lanark).^{[ citation needed ]}

2015

The basic four trains per hour frequency remains unchanged, but since the December 2014 timetable recast southbound trains now run to either Motherwell via Hamilton Central or via Whifflet (though alternate services on that route terminate at Whifflet). On Sundays, southbound trains also serve Larkhall every hour and Balloch every 30 minutes. ^[6]

Bridgeton Cross Station in 1961

Bridgeton Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Drochaid [1]
Bridgeton station, looking south east towards Dalmarnock
General information
Location	Bridgeton, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°50′54″N4°13′30″W / 55.8484°N 4.2250°W / 55.8484; -4.2250
Grid reference	NS607639
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BDG
Key dates
1 November 1895	Opened
5 October 1964	Closed
5 November 1979	Re-opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.814 million

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dalmarnock		ScotRail Argyle Line		Argyle Street
	Historical railways
Parkhead Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway		Glasgow Green Line open; station closed
Dalmarnock

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. "Glasgow map, 1895–96". www.maps.nls.uk. to "Glasgow map, 1947". www.maps.nls.uk.
3. "Bridgeton Railway Station". www.geograph.org.uk.
4. "Bridgeton Cross Improvements, July 2010" (PDF). www.clydegateway.com.
5. Earnshaw, Alan (1989). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 23. ISBN   0-906899-35-4.
6. Table 225 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.