LANGSIDE RAILWAY STATION

'Langside railway station' is a railway station that serves the Langside and Newlands area of Glasgow. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Contents

History

Services

1974 to 1979

1979 to early 1990s

Early 1990s to present day (2006)

References

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History

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.

Services

1974 to 1979

Between the electricification 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 (2006)

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.

References

The Cathcart Circle, Jack Kernahan, 1980 (ISBN 0-9043-9601-0)

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