Alexandra Parade railway station

Alexandra Parade
Location
Place	Dennistoun
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55.864°N 4.211°W / 55.864; -4.211
Operations
Station code	AXP
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	83,750
2005/06 *	105,590
2006/07 *	99,311
2007/08 *	106,276
2008/09 *	0.142 million
History
1 July 1881	Opened as Alexandra Park
1 January 1917	Station closed
2 June 1919	Station reopened
9 July 1923	Station renamed Alexandra Parade
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alexandra Parade from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Railways in Parkhead area

Legend City of Glasgow Union Railway Alexandra Parade (CoGUR) The Switchback (CR) Haghill Goods (CoGUR) Kennyhill Goods (SB CR) Duke Street (CoGUR)  Haghill Junction Camlachie Goods (CB NBR)   Parkhead North (CB NBR) Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR) Parkhead Forge Junction Bridgeton (GCR)   Parkhead Stadium (GCR) London Road Goods (SB CR) London Road Junction Dalmarnock (GCR) Dalmarnock (1841) (SB CR) Bridgeton Goods (GCR) Strathclyde Junction River Clyde 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)

Alexandra Parade Railway Station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 3 km (1¾ miles) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line (Springburn branch). The station is managed by First ScotRail.

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

There is a half-hourly service Monday to Saturday southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Dalmuir or evenings to Balloch) and northbound to Springburn.

There is no Sunday service.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barnhill		First ScotRail  North Clyde Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Duke Street
	Historical railways
Garngad Line open; Station closed		City of Glasgow Union Railway G&SWR and NBR		Duke Street Line and Station open

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.