High Street (Glasgow) railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = High Street (Glasgow)
| native_name = {{langx|gd|Àrd-Shràid}}{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=Gaelic/English Station Index}}
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Train arriving at Glasgow High Street.JPG
| caption = Train arriving at Glasgow High Street. The campus buildings of Strathclyde University are visible at the top of the photograph.
| country = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.8594|-4.2400|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS598651|25|NS598651}}
| owned = Network Rail
| manager = ScotRail
| platforms = 2
| code = HST
| transit_authority = SPT
| original = Glasgow City and District Railway
| pregroup = North British Railway
| postgroup = London and North Eastern Railway
| years = 15 March 1866
| events = Opened as College replacing the station on the CoGURButt (1995), page 66
| years1 = 1 January 1914
| events1 = Renamed as High StreetButt (1995), page 120
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.815 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.109 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.369 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.554 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.827 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
High Street railway station serves High Street in Glasgow, Scotland and the surrounding area, which includes Townhead, the Merchant City, as well the western fringes of Dennistoun and Calton. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. It is located in the eastern part of the city centre, with Strathclyde University, Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow Royal Infirmary being major institutions located nearby.
History
The first railway station in the area was College on the City of Glasgow Union Railway which closed with the opening of this station in 1866. The station took its current name at the beginning of 1914.
Plans
As part of the proposed Crossrail Glasgow initiative, High Street station may be demolished and relocated.{{cite web | url = http://crossrail.fs-server.com/about.php#whatwill | title = What will Crossrail Glasgow involve? | access-date = 2008-02-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080117012128/http://crossrail.fs-server.com/about.php#whatwill | archive-date = 17 January 2008 | url-status = dead }}
Services
= 2008 =
There is a regular service Monday to Saturday to {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Queen Street}} and beyond ({{Stnlnk|Helensburgh Central}} etc.) on the North Clyde Line westbound and to {{Stnlnk|Airdrie}} and {{Stnlnk|Springburn}} eastbound.
Sundays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Airdrie.
= 2013 =
The station has half-hourly services westbound to each of Helensburgh Central (limited stop), Balloch via {{rws|Singer}} (stopping), {{rws|Milngavie}} and Dalmuir via {{rws|Yoker}} (stopping) (8tph in all via Queen Street, Partick and Hyndland). Eastbound there are 6tph to Airdrie, of which 4tph continue all the way to Edinburgh Waverley via {{rws|Bathgate}} (two of these are limited stop, the others call at all intermediate stations). There is also a half-hourly service to Springburn although this has now been extended to Cumbernauld station and also now runs on a Sunday.GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 226
On Sundays there is a half-hourly service to Helensburgh via Singer westbound and Edinburgh eastbound.
{{rail start}}
{{rail line two to one
|next = {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Queen Street}}
|previous1 = {{Stnlnk|Bellgrove}}
|previous2 = {{Stnlnk|Garrowhill}}
|route = ScotRail
Edinburgh Waverley - Helensburgh Central or Balloch
|col = {{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=North Clyde Line}} }}
{{Historical Rail Insert}}
{{rail line
|next = {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Queen Street}}
Line and Station open
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Gallowgate Central}}
Line and Station closed
|route = Glasgow City and District Railway
North British Railway
|col = {{NBR colour}} |lightcol={{NBR light}} }}
{{rail line
|next = Junction between Coatbridge Branch
and Glasgow City and District Railway
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Bellgrove}}
Line and Station open
|route = Coatbridge Branch
North British Railway
|col = {{NBR colour}} |lightcol={{NBR light}} }}
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References
=Notes=
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=Sources=
- {{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 }}
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
{{Glasgow railway stations}}
{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail}}
Category:Railway stations in Glasgow
Category:Former North British Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1977
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1981
Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail
Category:1866 establishments in Scotland
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