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
Scottish Gaelic: Pairèad Alexandra

Location
Place	Glasgow Cross
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W / 55.8637; -4.2107Coordinates: 55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W / 55.8637; -4.2107
Grid reference	NS617655
Operations
Station code	AXP
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	83,750
2005/06	0.106 million
2006/07	0.099 million
2007/08	0.106 million
2008/09	0.128 million
2009/10	0.143 million
2010/11	0.157 million
2011/12	0.182 million
2012/13	0.193 million
2013/14	0.246 million
History
1 July 1881	Opened as Alexandra Park^[1]
1 January 1917	Station closed^[1]
2 June 1919	Station reopened^[1]
9 July 1923	Station renamed Alexandra Parade^[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alexandra Parade from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Railways in Parkhead area

Legend

City of Glasgow Union Railway

(CoGUR)Alexandra Parade

The Switchback (CR)

(CoGUR)Haghill Goods

Kennyhill Goods(SB CR)

(CoGUR)Duke Street

Haghill Junction

(CB NBR)Camlachie Goods

Parkhead North(CB NBR)

Coatbridge Branch (NBR)

Parkhead Forge Siding(SB CR)

Parkhead Forge Junction

(GCR)Bridgeton

Parkhead Stadium(GCR)

Glasgow Central Railway

London Road Goods(SB CR)

London Road Junction

(GCR)Dalmarnock

Dalmarnock (1841)(SB CR)

Strathclyde Junction

Bridgeton Goods(GCR)

River Clyde

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 Dalmuir via Glasgow Queen St Low Level
2tph to Cumbernauld

There is currently no Sunday service however from 17 May 2015, an hourly service between Partick and Cumbernauld will operate between 10am and 6pm.

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

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995)

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

Railway stations and underground stations in Glasgow

City centre stations	Anderston Argyle Street Charing Cross Glasgow Central High Street Queen Street

Other stations	Alexandra Parade Anniesland Ashfield Baillieston Barnhill Bellgrove Bridgeton Cardonald Carmyle Carntyne Cathcart Corkerhill Croftfoot Crookston Crosshill Crossmyloof Dalmarnock Drumchapel Drumry Duke Street Dumbreck Easterhouse Exhibition Centre Garrowhill Garscadden Gilshochill Hillington East Hillington West Hyndland Jordanhill Kelvindale Kennishead King's Park Langside Maryhill Maxwell Park Mosspark Mount Florida Mount Vernon Muirend Nitshill Partick Pollokshaws East Pollokshaws West Pollokshields East Pollokshields West Possilpark and Parkhouse Priesthill and Darnley Queen's Park Scotstounhill Shawlands Shettleston Springburn Summerston

Glasgow Subway stations	Hillhead Kelvinbridge St George's Cross Cowcaddens Buchanan Street St Enoch Bridge Street West Street Shields Road Kinning Park Cessnock Ibrox Govan Partick Kelvinhall

Disused stations	Bellahouston Botanic Gardens Bridge Street Bridgeton Central Buchanan Street (mainline) College Crow Road Cumberland Street Dawsholm Dunlop Street Eglinton Street Finnieston Gallowgate Gallowgate Central Glasgow Cross Glasgow Green Gorbals Govan Hyndland Ibrox Kelvinbridge Kelvinside Kirklee Main Street Maryhill Central Merkland Street Mount Vernon North Parkhead Stadium (GCR) Parkhead North (NBR) Partick Central (aka Kelvin Hall) Partickhill Partick West Pollokshields Possil Shields Shields Road Southside St Enoch (mainline) Strathbungo Tollcross Whiteinch Victoria Park

Transport in Glasgow	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

UK railway stations:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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