Duke Street railway station

Duke Street Scottish Gaelic: Sràid an Diùic [1]
General information
Location	Dennistoun, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°51′32″N4°12′44″W / 55.8590°N 4.2122°W / 55.8590; -4.2122
Grid reference	NS616650
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DST
Fare zone	1
History
Original company	City of Glasgow Union Railway
Key dates
1 January 1881	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.191 million

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Legend
City of Glasgow Union Railway The Switchback (CR) (CoGUR) Alexandra Parade Kennyhill Goods (SB CR) (CoGUR) Haghill Goods (CoGUR) Duke Street Haghill Junction (CB NBR) Camlachie Goods Coatbridge Branch (NBR)   Parkhead North (CB NBR)   Coatbridge Branch (NBR) Glasgow Central Railway Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR) (GCR) Bridgeton Parkhead Forge Junction London Road Goods (SB CR) London Road Junction (GCR) Dalmarnock Dalmarnock (SB CR) Strathclyde Junction (GCR) Bridgeton Goods Parkhead Stadium (GCR) River Clyde Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow Central Railway
Railways
CB NBR Coatbridge Branch (NBR) CoGUR City of Glasgow Union Railway (Joint G&SWR and NBR) GCR Glasgow Central Railway (CR) SB CR The Switchback (CR)

Duke Street Railway Station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 1½ miles (2 km) north east of Glasgow Queen Street.

It was built as part of the City of Glasgow Union Railway which provided a link across the Clyde (between the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Shields Junction and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Sighthill Junction). Though goods traffic began using the line in 1875, the station was not opened until 1881 with trains initially running as far as Alexandra Park (as it was then known). An extension to Barnhill followed two years later, but it was not until 1887 that they finally reached Springburn.

Electric operation at the station began in 1960 (using the 25 kV A.C overhead system), when the branch from Bellgrove was incorporated into the North Clyde line electrification scheme. Through running to Cumbernauld began in May 2014 - prior to this a change at Springburn was required.

Services

Monday to Saturday there is a half-hourly service northbound to Springburn and southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (usually to Dumbarton Central).

The proposed timetable changes in 2022 would create a half hourly service in each direction at Duke Street, going eastbound to Springburn and westbound to Milngavie

On Sundays, an hourly service between Partick and Springburn call in each direction between 10am and 6pm ^[2]

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. Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Alexandra Parade		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Bellgrove
	Historical railways
Alexandra Parade		City of Glasgow Union Railway G&SWR and NBR		Bellgrove