Bridgeton railway station

For the closed Glasgow City and District Railway station called Bridgeton, see Bridgeton Central railway station.

Bridgeton
Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Drochaid
Bridgeton station, looking south east towards Dalmarnock
Location
Place	Bridgeton
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55.849°N 4.226°W / 55.849; -4.226
Operations
Station code	BDG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.207 million
2005/06 *	0.240 million
2006/07 *	0.286 million
2007/08 *	0.309 million
2008/09 *	0.467 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
1 November 1895	Opened
5 October 1964	Closed
5 November 1979	Re-opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bridgeton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

The station in 1961

Bridgeton railway station serves the Bridgeton district of Glasgow, Scotland and is a station on the Argyle Line, 3 km (1¾ miles) south east of Glasgow Central. The station is operated by First ScotRail who also provide all train services.

History

It was opened on 1 November 1895 when the line between Glasgow Green and Rutherglen opened. The station became a junction with the opening of the line to Carmyle on 1 February 1897.

In 1956 the line was re-signalled with colour light signals controlled from the re-equipped signal boxes at Bridgeton Cross Junction and Stobcross Junction. However, the station was closed when the line closed on 5 October 1964.

As part of the Argyle Line project, the Rutherglen line platforms reopened on 5 November 1979, offering regular commuter services into Central Station (low level) and on towards the western suburbs.

Services

1979

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, there were six trains an hour to the Hamilton Circle, from Dalmuir, with two services an hour going as far west as Dumbarton Central. The hourly service between Lanark and Milngavie ran non-stop through Bridgeton station.

2008

Four trains per hour daily head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and eastbound towards Motherwell (with services onward to Lanark).

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dalmarnock		First ScotRail Argyle Line		Argyle Street
	Historical railways
Parkhead Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway  Glasgow Central Railway		Glasgow Green Line open; station closed
Dalmarnock		Caledonian Railway  Glasgow Central Railway

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.