Alexandra Parade railway station

This station was once named Alexandra Park: for a guide to the various stations of that name see Alexandra Park railway station (disambiguation).

Alexandra Parade Add→{{rail-interchange}}
General information
Other names	Template:Lang-gd
Location	Glasgow
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AXP
Key dates
1 July 1881	Opened as Alexandra Park
1 January 1917	Station closed
2 June 1919	Station reopened
9 July 1923	Station renamed Alexandra Parade

Railways in the Parkhead area
City of Glasgow Union Railway The Switchback (CR) (CoGUR) Alexandra Parade Kennyhill Goods (SB CR) (CoGUR) Haghill Goods (CoGUR) Duke Street Haghill Junction (CB NBR) Camlachie Goods Coatbridge Branch (NBR)   Parkhead North (CB NBR)   Coatbridge Branch (NBR) Glasgow Central Railway Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR) (GCR) Bridgeton Parkhead Forge Junction London Road Goods (SB CR) London Road Junction (GCR) Dalmarnock Dalmarnock (SB CR) Strathclyde Junction (GCR) Bridgeton Goods Parkhead Stadium (GCR) River Clyde Glasgow Central Railway 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 1¾ miles (3 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line (Springburn branch). The station is managed by Abellio 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

• 2tph to Dumbarton Central via Glasgow Queen St Low Level, Yoker & Dalmuir
• 2tph to Cumbernauld

On Sundays, an hourly Partick to Cumbernauld service each way operates between 9am and 8pm.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barnhill		Abellio 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

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.