Queens Park railway station (Scotland)

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Queens Park (Glasgow)

Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc na Banrighinn [1]
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Queen's Park Railway Station, Glasgow, Scotland.jpg
Looking north west towards Pollokshields East
General information
Location Queen's Park, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates 55°50′07″N4°16′01″W / 55.8353°N 4.2669°W / 55.8353; -4.2669
Grid reference NS581625
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeQPK
History
Original company Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
1 March 1886Opened [2] [3]
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 0.767 million
Cathcart Circle Lines route map Cathcart Circle Lines.png
Cathcart Circle Lines route map

Queen's Park station opened with the first section of the Cathcart District Railway, which opened as far as Mount Florida on 1 March 1886 [3] (the line through to the first Cathcart station opened a few months later, on 25 May 1886). [3] The station maintains its original island platform and station building to this day.

The lines through the station were electrified under British Railways as part of the Glasgow South Bank Electrification in May 1962.

From July to August 2008, the Cathcart Circle was closed for a short period to allow for subsidence repair works near Pollokshields East railway station. During this closure, Queen's Park was, along with several other stations on the line, one of the first to receive the new ScotRail colours and signage that would replace Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and the incumbent franchise holder's branding.

Queen's Park station is now protected as a category B listed building. [4] In 2011, part of the station was converted to house Queen's Park Railway Club, a contemporary art space. [5]

In 2018 through 2019, over 750,000 passenger journeys were recorded going to or coming from Queen’s Park Station. [5]

Services

1979

Service provision consisted of two trains per hour between Neilston and Glasgow Central, two trains per hours between Newton and Glasgow Central, two trains per hour serving the Cathcart Inner Circle and two trains per hour serving the Cathcart Outer Circle Service.

2016

Service provision consists of two trains per hour between Neilston and Glasgow Central, one train per hour between Newton and Glasgow Central, one train per hour serving the Cathcart Inner Circle and one train per hour serving the Cathcart Outer Circle Service. [6] The Circle services do not operate on Sundays, so the overall frequency at the station drops to 3 per hour each way.

Routes

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Crosshill   ScotRail
Cathcart Circle
  Pollokshields East
  Historical railways  
Crosshill
Line and station open		  Caledonian Railway
Cathcart District Railway
  Pollokshields East
Line and station open

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ↑ Butt (1995), p. 193
  3. 1 2 3 Kernahan (1980)
  4. ↑ ( Historic Environment Scotland & LB32466 )
  5. 1 2 "Queen's Park Train Station". SGHET. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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