Alexandra Parade railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.
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| Location | Glasgow Cross, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS617655 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | AXP | ||||
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| 1 July 1881 | Opened as Alexandra Park[2] | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | Station closed[2] | ||||
| 2 June 1919 | Station reopened[2] | ||||
| 9 July 1923 | Station renamed Alexandra Parade[2] | ||||
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| 2018/19 |  0.419 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.393 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 59,874 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.200 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.264 million | ||||
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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
edit- 2tph to Dumbarton Central via Glasgow Queen St Low Level, Yoker and Dalmuir
- 2tph to Springburn
On Sundays, an hourly Partick to Springburn service each way operates between 10am and 6pm.[3]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Barnhill | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Duke Street | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Garngad Line open; Station closed |
City of Glasgow Union Railway G&SWR and NBR |
Duke Street Line and Station open | ||
References
edit- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b c d Butt (1995)
- ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018
Sources
edit- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
External links
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