Garscadden railway station

Garscadden
Scottish Gaelic: Gart Sgadain
A Class 334 at Garscadden station
Location
Place	Garscadden
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°53′15″N 4°21′50″W / 55.8874°N 4.3638°WCoordinates: 55°53′15″N 4°21′50″W / 55.8874°N 4.3638°W
Grid reference	NS521685
Operations
Station code	GRS
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	0.151 million
2005/06	0.175 million
2006/07	0.181 million
2007/08	0.192 million
2008/09	0.227 million
2009/10	0.232 million
2010/11	0.236 million
2011/12	0.245 million
2012/13	0.254 million
2013/14	0.228 million
History
Key dates	Opened 5 November 1960
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Garscadden from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Garscadden railway station serves Garscadden in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.

History

The station is located on the former Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway, between Hyndland and Dalmuir which opened in 1882 (though through services to Dalmuir did not start until 1897, when the company was also taken over by the North British Railway). British Rail opened the station. The station here though wasn't opened until 5 November 1960, as part of the North Clyde Line modernisation & electrification scheme.^[1]

Services

The station is served by trains between Dalmuir, Yoker and Partick, which then continue into both main Glasgow stations. There are also peak-hour-only services beginning and terminating at Garscadden, mostly on the Argyle Line (via Glasgow Central Low Level). These enter service (or leave service after terminating here) from the adjacent Yoker TMD reception sidings.

Trains operate 4 x hourly (Mondays to Saturdays) from Garscadden to Glasgow City Centre, with two going to Glasgow Central Low Level and two going to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level - the former continue southwards to Larkhall (in the other direction, trains are arriving from Motherwell with every other train starting back from Cumbernauld) and the latter to Cumbernauld via Springburn.^[2]

The Monday-Saturday evening service is provided by the Argyle line service (which now runs to/from Dalmuir all day) and by the Helensburgh Central to Airdrie and Edinburgh Waverley trains, whilst the service on Sundays is provided by the Balloch to Larkhall (hourly) or Motherwell via Whifflet (hourly) trains.

References

1. Glasgow Electric - The Story of Glasgow's New Electric Railway, p.12 Blake, George; British Rail publicity pamphlet, The Railways Archive ; Retrieved 2014-02-10
2. GB National Rail Timetable 2014-15, Tables 225 & 226 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Garscadden railway station from National Rail