Queen's Park (Glasgow) railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Queen's Park |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°50′10″N 4°16′01″W / 55.836°N 4.267°WCoordinates: 55°50′10″N 4°16′01″W / 55.836°N 4.267°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | QPK |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.300 million |
| 2005/06 * |  0.322 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.351 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.359 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.452 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Cathcart District Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 March 1886 | Opened[1][2] |
| 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 Queen's Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Queen's Park railway station is a railway station serving the Queen's Park area of Glasgow. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
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[edit] History
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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[2] (the line through to the first Cathcart station opened a few months later, on 25 May 1886).[2] The station maintains its original island platform and station building to this day.
The lines through the station were electrified 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, Queens 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.
Those who are heading to see Queen's Park F.C., the local football team, are advised not to alight at this station but proceed up to Mount Florida station, five minutes' walk away from their home ground of Hampden Park, which is also home of the Scotland national side.
Queens Park Station is now protected as a category B listed building.[3] In 2011, part of the station was converted to house Queens Park Railway Club, a contemporary art space.
[edit] Services
[edit] 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.
[edit] 2008
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.
[edit] Routes
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Crosshill | First ScotRail |
Pollokshields East | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Crosshill Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway |
Pollokshields East Line and station open |
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[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Butt (1995), page 193
- ^ a b c Kernahan (1980)
- ^ "Queens Park Station". Historic Scotland. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=32466. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
[edit] 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.
- Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.
- 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.
