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Anderston railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Anderston

| native_name = {{langx|gd|Baile Aindrea}}{{sfn|Gazetteer for Scotland}}

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image =Anderston railway station - geograph.org.uk - 2266585.jpg

| caption = Platforms at Anderston

| borough = Anderston, Glasgow

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55.8598|-4.2703|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS579653|25|NS579653}}

| owned = Network Rail

| manager = ScotRail

| platforms = 2

| code = AND

| transit_authority = SPT

| original = Glasgow Central Railway

| pregroup = Caledonian Railway

| postgroup = LMS

| years = 10 August 1896

| events = Opened as Anderston CrossButt (1995), page 16

| years1 = 3 August 1959

| events1 = Station closed

| years2 = 1968

| events2 = Station building demolished

| years3 = 5 November 1979

| events3 = Reopened as Anderston

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.715 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.120 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.218 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.229 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.369 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Anderston railway station serves Glasgow's financial district of Anderston and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of both Anderston West and the Blythswood Court estate of the Anderston Centre. It is also close to both the Hilton and Marriott hotels. It is a staffed station with an island platform and most of it is underground.

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896 by the Glasgow Central Railway which was subsequently absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. It later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 3 August 1959.

The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 motorway. The station was reopened as part of the Argyle Line project on 5 November 1979 by the British Railways Board and Strathclyde PTE and retains some of the original architecture at platform level.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s.

Ticket barriers came into operation on 22 June 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Anderston.pdf |title=Layout 1 |access-date=2011-08-06 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2022, the station was extensively refurbished with new finishes on the concourse and platforms, a remodelled booking office and a new lift.{{Cite magazine |last=Kennedy |first=Catherine |date=2022-06-07 |title=Network Rail blames delays to Scots station upgrade on supply chain issues |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/network-rail-blames-delays-to-scots-station-upgrade-on-supply-chain-issues-07-06-2022/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en}}

Gallery

Image:Anderston5.jpg|Anderston station platform

File:Anderston station on the Argyle Line, Kingston Bridge, Glasgow.jpg|The station building, with the Kingston Bridge overhead

Services

Mondays to Saturdays:{{NRtimes|May 2016|225 & 226}}

  • 2tph to Dalmuir via Yoker
  • 2tph to Dalmuir via Singer
  • 2tph to Milngavie via Westerton
  • 2tph to Whifflet, with an hourly extension to Motherwell
  • 2tph to Larkhall via Hamilton
  • 1tph to Motherwell via Hamilton
  • 1tph to Cumbernauld via Hamilton and Motherwell

Sundays (10.00 - 18:00 only)

  • 2tph to {{rws|Balloch}} via Yoker
  • 2tph to Milngavie
  • 1tph to Larkhall
  • 1tph to Motherwell via Whifflet
  • 2tph to Motherwell via Hamilton

Some weekday peak services to/from the south also start or terminate here.

{{rail start}}

{{rail line

|next = {{Stnlnk|Exhibition Centre}}

|previous = Glasgow Central (Low Level)

|route =ScotRail
Argyle Line

|col={{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=Argyle Line}} }}

{{Historical Rail Insert}}

{{rail line

|next = Stobcross
Line open; station open

|previous = Glasgow Central (Low Level)
Line open; station open

|route = Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway

|col = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}

{{s-end}}

References

= Notes =

{{reflist}}

= Sources =

  • {{cite web |title=Anderston Railway Station from The Gazetteer for Scotland |website=Gazetteer for Scotland |url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featuredetails93346.html |ref={{sfnref|Gazetteer for Scotland}} |access-date=8 October 2024}}
  • {{Butt-Stations}}
  • {{Johnston-Glasgow}}
  • {{Jowett-Atlas}}

External links

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  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMIwFKOWXPs Video footage of Anderston station]

{{Glasgow stations}}

{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail}}

Category:Railway stations in Glasgow

Category:Former Caledonian Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1896

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1979

Category:Reopened railway stations in Great Britain

Category:SPT railway stations

Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail

Category:1896 establishments in Scotland