General information | |||||
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Location | King's Park, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°49′10″N4°14′48″W / 55.81958°N 4.24653°W | ||||
Grid reference | NS593607 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | KGP | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Post-grouping |
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Key dates | |||||
10 September 1928 | Station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.207 million | ||||
2020/21 | 37,134 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.108 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.147 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.178 million | ||||
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King's Park railway station is a railway station serving the King's Park and Simshill areas of Glasgow,Scotland. It is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Line,which was electrified by British Railways in 1962. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
The Up (Kirkhill bound) platform is signalled for bi-directional running to enable Up trains to depart in the Down direction. In the past this has been used for trains from Langside to depart to Muirend on the Neilston Line. Nowadays trains only depart the 'wrong way' from this platform during times of disruption.
At time of electrification there was also an Up Loop,used for stabling Football Specials serving events at the nearby Hampden Park football stadium,although by the mid 1970s this had been lifted.
There is a half-hourly service each day (including Sundays) towards Glasgow Central - one via Shawlands and one via Crosshill northbound,and to Newton southbound. [2]
Glasgow Central,usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station,is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow,Scotland. The railway station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of 20 managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line. As well as being Glasgow's principal inter-city terminus for services to England,Central also serves the southern suburbs of the Greater Glasgow conurbation,as well as the Ayrshire and Clyde coasts. The other main station in Glasgow is Glasgow Queen Street,which primarily serves regional and intercity services to the north of Glasgow.
The Cathcart Circle Lines form a mostly suburban railway route linking Glasgow (Central) to Cathcart via a circular line,with branches to Newton and Neilston,on the south bank of the River Clyde. They are part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network.
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Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Croftfoot | ScotRail Glasgow-Newton via Crosshill | Mount Florida | ||
ScotRail Glasgow-Newton via Shawlands | Langside |