Alexandra Parade railway station

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Alexandra Parade

Scottish Gaelic: Pairèad Alexandra [1]
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General information
Location Glasgow Cross, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates 55°51′49″N4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W / 55.8637; -4.2107
Grid reference NS617655
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAXP
Key dates
1 July 1881Opened as Alexandra Park [2]
1 January 1917Station closed [2]
2 June 1919Station reopened [2]
9 July 1923Station renamed Alexandra Parade [2]
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 0.419 million
Railways in the Parkhead area
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Alexandra Parade
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Haghill Junction
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Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR)
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Parkhead Forge Junction
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London Road Goods
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London Road Junction
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Parkhead Stadium
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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)

Alexandra Parade railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1+34 miles (2.8 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.

Contents

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).

Services

On Sundays, an hourly Partick to Springburn service each way operates between 10am and 6pm. [3]

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Barnhill   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Duke Street
  Historical railways  
Garngad
Line open; Station closed
  City of Glasgow Union Railway
G&SWR and NBR
  Duke Street
Line and Station open

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References

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995)
  3. Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Sources

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