Langside railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Langside
| native_name = {{langx|gd|An Leathad Fada}}{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=Gaelic/English Station Index}}
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Langside railway station.jpg
| caption = 2005 view of station after removal of station building
| borough = Langside and Newlands, Glasgow
| country = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.8208|-4.2759|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS574609|25|NS574609}}
| manager = ScotRail
| platforms = 2
| code = LGS
| zone = G2
| transit_authority = SPT
| original = Cathcart District Railway
| pregroup = Caledonian Railway
| postgroup = LMS
| years = 2 April 1894
| events = Opened as LangsideButt (1995), page 139
| years1 = 5 November 1900
| events1 = Signal box closedKernahan (1980)
| years2 = 1 October 1901
| events2 = Renamed as Langside and Newlands
| years3 = 1905
| events3 = Signal box reopened during morning peak
| years4 = 23 August 1927
| events4 = Signal box closed and equipment removed
| years5 = 27 May 1962
| events5 = Renamed as Langside
| years6 = 13 August 1966
| events6 = Original station building burnt downKernahan (1980), page 64
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.289 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 45,730}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.110 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.141 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.196 million}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
}}
Langside railway station is a railway station that serves the Langside and Newlands area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
History
File:Class 303 016 at Langside.JPG No. 303 016 on a service to Newton (1986)]]
The station was opened as part of the western extension of the Cathcart District Railway on 2 April 1894. It consists of a single island platform accessed by a subway and stairs to Langside Drive at the west end, and to Earls Park Avenue (north exit) and Tannahill Road (south exit) at the east end, with a self-service ticket machine added in spring 2007. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways.
Services
= 1974 to 1979 =
Between the electrification of the WCML and the opening of the Argyle Line, trains ran Mondays to Saturdays, with two Cathcart Circle trains per hour in each direction and two {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}} to {{Stnlnk|Kirkhill}} trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to {{Stnlnk|Motherwell}} via the Hamilton Circle lines.
= 1979 to early 1990s =
Following the opening of the Argyle line, Kirkhill services were extended through to Newton.
= Early 1990s to present day (2016) =
The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains.
The service consists of one train between {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}} and Newton in each direction every hour, seven days a week and one Cathcart Circle train in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays.
There is a higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.{{NRtimes|May 2016|223}}
= Routes =
{{rail start}}
{{rail line two to one
|next = {{Stnlnk|Pollokshaws East}}
|previous1 = {{Stnlnk|Cathcart}}
|previous2 = {{Stnlnk|King's Park}}
|route1 = ScotRail
Glasgow Central - Neilston
|route2 = ScotRail
Glasgow Central - Newton
|col = {{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=Cathcart Circle Lines}} }}
{{Historical Rail Insert}}
{{rail line
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Cathcart}}
Line and station open
|next = {{Stnlnk|Pollokshaws East}}
Line and station open
|route = Caledonian Railway
Cathcart District Railway
|col = {{Caledonian colour}} |lightcol={{Caledonian light}} }}
{{s-end}}
References
= Notes =
{{reflist}}
= 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}}
- {{Kernahan-Cathcart}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
- {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
{{Glasgow railway 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 1894