Exhibition Centre railway station

Exhibition Centre (Glasgow)
The station building
Location
Place	Finnieston
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′40″N 4°16′58″W / 55.8611°N 4.2828°WCoordinates: 55°51′40″N 4°16′58″W / 55.8611°N 4.2828°W
Grid reference	NS571655
Operations
Station code	EXG
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	0.372 million
2004/05	0.499 million
2005/06	0.633 million
2006/07	0.763 million
2007/08	0.866 million
2008/09	1.020 million
2009/10	1.054 million
2010/11	1.172 million
2011/12	1.318 million
2012/13	1.369 million
2013/14	1.375 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
26 November 1894	Opened as Stobcross (GCR to Maryhill)
5 May 1896	L&DR to Clydebank opened
10 August 1896	GCR services commenced through to Glasgow Central
3 August 1959	Station closed to passengers
10 August 1964	Line closed to all traffic
5 November 1979	Reopened as Finnieston
1986	Renamed Exhibition Centre
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) station – previously called Finnieston [1979–1986] and earlier Stobcross [1894–1959] (due to its location in the Stobcross area of the city) – is in Glasgow on the Argyle Line. It serves the SSE Hydro and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, which are accessible by adjoining footbridge from an island platform. The station suffers badly from congestion at concerts as most of Greater Glasgow can be reached from the station. There is a siding adjacent to Platform 2, that can be used as a turnback siding for trains terminating at Anderston or Glasgow Central Low Level. The line is served by Class 318s and Class 320s.

History

In the days when the station was named Stobcross, the formation in front of Platform 1 was originally double track, with a platform where the overhead electrification masts are currently located. Just inside the tunnel from Partick, there was a junction.

A mural of Clydeside landmarks by Platform 1

The route, now disused, to the north went to the Glasgow Central Railway's Maryhill Central.

The route to the west is partially used by the Argyle Line link to the Clyde North Line (a new single track tunnel being constructed to connect up at Finnieston West Junction). Previously the line went to Partick Central railway station^[1] (which at one time had been renamed Kelvin Hall) and onwards along the River Clyde to Dumbarton.

Incidents

Heavy rain in December 1994 resulted in the River Kelvin bursting its banks at Kelvinbridge and the resultant torrent through the disused Glasgow Central Railway tunnel flooded the Argyle Line trapping Class 314 Units at Glasgow Central Low Level.^[2]

At 08:34 on Monday 3 September 2007, a set of empty coaches derailed after leaving the sidings at Exhibition Centre to start the 08:38 service from Anderston to Motherwell. This derailment resulted in two members of staff being injured and the line between Partick and Rutherglen being closed for two days.^[3]

Routes

References

Notes

1. Hidden Glasgow: Partick Central
2. Hidden Glasgow: 1994 Floods
3. http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/090212_R042009_Glasgow.pdf

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.
• "Hidden Glasgow on Partick Central".
• "Hidden Glasgow on 1994 Floods".