Langside railway station

Langside
Scottish Gaelic: An Leathad Fada
2005 view of station after removal of station building
Location
Place	Langside and Newlands
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°49′15″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8208°N 4.2759°WCoordinates: 55°49′15″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8208°N 4.2759°W
Grid reference	NS574609
Operations
Station code	LGS
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.121 million
2004/05	0.127 million
2005/06	0.147 million
2006/07	0.155 million
2007/08	0.164 million
2008/09	0.189 million
2009/10	0.187 million
2010/11	0.210 million
2011/12	0.218 million
2012/13	0.224 million
2013/14	0.230 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
Zone	G2
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
2 April 1894	Opened as Langside[1]
5 November 1900	Signal box closed[2]
1 October 1901	Renamed as Langside and Newlands[2]
1905	Signal box reopened during morning peak[2]
23 August 1927	Signal box closed and equipment removed[2]
27 May 1962	Renamed as Langside[2]
13 August 1966	Original station building burnt down[3]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langside from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

History

1960s station building with a British Rail Class 303 No. 303 016 on a service to Newton

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 Earls Park Avenue and Tanahill Road to the east, 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 Glasgow Central to Kirkhill trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to 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 (2013)

The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains.

The service consists of one train between 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 much higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.

Routes

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 139
2. Kernahan (1980)
3. Kernahan (1980), page 64

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.
• Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.
• 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.