Cathcart railway station

Cathcart
General information
Location	Cathcart, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′04″N4°15′38″W / 55.81764°N 4.26056°W / 55.81764; -4.26056
Grid reference	NS584605
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CCT
Fare zone	1
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
25 May 1886	Original terminus station opened to the north of the White Cart River [1] [2]
18 March 1894	Original terminus closed [1] [2]
19 March 1894	New through station opened to the south of the White Cart River [1] [2]
Passengers
2019/20	0.662 million
Interchange	1,606
Langside Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Mount Florida Line and station open
Muirend Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Link to L&AR

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 56
2. Kernahan (1980)
3. "The Origins of the Neilston Line" Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Netherlee.org Retrieved 1 September 2016
4. Cathcart station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
5. Table 223 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.
• Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN   0-9043-9601-0. OCLC   85045869.
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.