Duke Street railway station

Duke Street National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Sràid an Diùic
Location
Place Dennistoun
Local authority Glasgow
Coordinates 55°51′32″N 4°12′44″W / 55.8590°N 4.2122°W / 55.8590; -4.2122Coordinates: 55°51′32″N 4°12′44″W / 55.8590°N 4.2122°W / 55.8590; -4.2122
Grid reference NS616650
Operations
Station code DST
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  47,163
2005/06 Increase 62,972
2006/07 Decrease 54,629
2007/08 Increase 58,259
2008/09 Increase 70,120
2009/10 Increase 74,102
2010/11 Increase 80,080
2011/12 Increase 85,546
2012/13 Increase104,156
2013/14 Increase109,860
History
Original company City of Glasgow Union Railway
1 January 1881 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Duke Street 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)

Parkhead Forge Siding(SB CR)
Parkhead Forge Junction
(GCR)Bridgeton
Parkhead Stadium(GCR)

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:

Duke Street Railway Station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 1½ miles (2 km) north east of Glasgow Queen Street.

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

Monday to Saturday there is a half-hourly service northbound to Cumbernauld and southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (usually to Dalmuir until 1800 and Balloch after 1800).

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
Alexandra Parade   Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
Mondays-Saturdays only
  Bellgrove
Historical railways
Alexandra Parade   City of Glasgow Union Railway
G&SWR and NBR
  Bellgrove


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