Govan subway station

{{redirect|Govan station|the defunct surface station|Govan railway station}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{short description|Glasgow subway station}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Govan

| style = Glasgow Subway

| type = {{langx|gd|Baile a' Ghobhainn{{cite web |url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/glasgows-gaelic-underground/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004071104/https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/glasgows-gaelic-underground/ |title=Glasgow's Gaelic Underground |website=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba |first=Jake |last=King |date=12 July 2020 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=17 February 2023}}}} {{rint|glasgow}} {{rint|gb|bus}}

| image = Govan subway station.jpg

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| address = 737 Govan Road
Govan, Glasgow, G51 2YJ{{cite web |url=https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/subway/maps-stations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115125231/https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/subway/maps-stations/ |title=Maps & stations |website=spt.co.uk |publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=16 February 2023}}

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55|51|44|N|4|18|38|W|type:railwaystation_region:GB-GLG|display=inline,title}}

| elevation =

| line =

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| distance =

| structure = Underground

| platform = 2 (side platforms)

| depth =

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| tracks = 2

| bus_stands = 6

| bus_operators =

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| parking = No

| bicycle = Yes (bike shed)

| accessible = Yes (step-free access){{cite web |url=https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/subway/accessibility-mobility/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107171456/https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/subway/accessibility-mobility/ |title=Accessibility & mobility |access-date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |website=spt.co.uk |publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport}}

| opened = 14 December 1896

| architect =

| closed =

| code =

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| operator = SPT

| former = Govan Cross (1896–1977)

| rebuilt = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1980|4|16}}

| mpassengers = {{Rail pass box

| passengers = {{increase}} 0.802 million{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_some_usage_statistic_7#incoming-1291508|title=Request for some usage statistics|publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|date=11 January 2019|via=WhatDoTheyKnow|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074438/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_some_usage_statistic_7#incoming-1291508|url-status=live}}

| pass_year = 2018

}}

{{Rail pass box

| passengers = {{increase}} 0.803 million{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/879272/response/2094499/attach/4/Attachment.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216182347/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/879272/response/2094499/attach/4/Attachment.pdf |title=Station usage statistics |publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |date=20 July 2022|via=WhatDoTheyKnow |access-date=16 February 2023 |url-status=live |archive-date=16 February 2023}}

| pass_year = 2019

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| passengers = {{decrease}} 0.372 million

| pass_year = 2020

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{{Rail pass box

| passengers = {{increase}} 0.426 million

| pass_year = 2021

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{{Rail pass box

| passengers = {{increase}} 0.656 million{{cite web |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_annual_subway_statio#incoming-2244008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222182511/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/950439/response/2244008/attach/4/22.2.23%20Attachment.pdf |via=WhatDoTheyKnow |title=Request for annual Subway station patronage 2022 |date=22 February 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2023 |access-date=22 February 2023}}

| pass_year = 2022

}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Glasgow Subway|line=|left=Ibrox|right=Partick}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

| map_caption = Location in Glasgow, Scotland

| footnotes = {{center|Passenger statistics provided are gate entries only. Information on gate exits for patronage is incomplete, and thus not included.{{cite web |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/879272/response/2094499/attach/3/2022.08.03%20SPT%20Response.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217173945/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/879272/response/2094499/attach/3/2022.08.03%20SPT%20Response.pdf |title=Freedom of Information Request: Subway Station Usage Statistics |date=3 August 2022 |access-date=17 February 2023 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |via=WhatDoTheyKnow}}}}

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Govan subway station is a station that serves the area of Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde. Just south of the station is the main depot and test track for the Glasgow Subway. The station is located near the historic Govan Old Parish Church.

This station forms an interchange with Govan bus station, being adjacent to it. This, combined with the fact that the subway to Partick forms the only rail link across the Clyde west of the city centre, means that it is one of the busier stations. Annual passenger boardings have fallen below one million in recent years and with 990,000 recorded in 2004/05.{{cite web|url=http://www.spt.co.uk/publications/stats2005/s&t2005.pdf |format=PDF |title=SPT Statistics and Trends 2005 |author=Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive |year=2005 |access-date=7 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328113310/http://www.spt.co.uk/publications/stats2005/s%26t2005.pdf |archive-date=28 March 2007 |url-status=dead }}

The station has two platforms. Prior to its closure for modernisation in 1977, the station was called Govan Cross. The appearance of cracks in the roof of the old station led to its premature closure in 1977, before the modernisation programme could take place. As part of this programme, the station's surface buildings were replaced, and its single island platform was changed to a dual side platform arrangement.

Govan (under its former name of Govan Cross) is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song The Glasgow Underground.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_YbGldcuKQ |title=YouTube - The Glasgow Underground |access-date=9 January 2015 |archive-date=2 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102175734/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_YbGldcuKQ |url-status=live }}

Govan includes a lift and escalator. Along with St Enoch subway station, it is one of two Glasgow Subway stations that is wheelchair accessible.{{cite web|url=http://www.spt.co.uk/subway/maps-stations/ |title=Subway: Maps & Stations |publisher=Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |accessdate=2021-06-23}}{{cite web|url=https://glasgowstandard.com/2021/03/25/glasgows-subway-needs-to-be-more-accessible-say-campaigners/ |title=Glasgow’s Subway needs to be more accessible, say campaigners |publisher=Glasgow Standard |accessdate=2021-06-23}}

On 29 June 2011, a man died after being hit by one of the service's rolling stock at 09:12.{{cite news

| title = Man killed by train at Govan Subway Station

| publisher = BBC

| work = BBC News

| date = 29 June 2011

| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13957367

| access-date = 28 September 2014

| archive-date = 2 November 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132139/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13957367

| url-status = live

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