Anderston railway station

Anderston railway station serves Glasgow's financial district of Anderston and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of both Anderston West and the Blythswood Court estate of the Anderston Centre. It is also close to both the Hilton and Marriott hotels. It is a staffed station with an island platform and most of it is underground.

Anderston Scottish Gaelic: Baile Aindrea
Platforms at Anderston
General information
Location	Anderston, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8598°N 4.2703°W / 55.8598; -4.2703
Grid reference	NS579653
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AND
History
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
10 August 1896	Opened as Anderston Cross
3 August 1959	Station closed
1968	Station building demolished
5 November 1979	Reopened as Anderston
Passengers
2019/20	0.715 million
2020/21	0.120 million
2021/22	0.218 million
2022/23	0.229 million
2023/24	0.369 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896 by the Glasgow Central Railway which was subsequently absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. It later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 3 August 1959.

The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 motorway. The station was reopened as part of the Argyle Line project on 5 November 1979 by the British Railways Board and Strathclyde PTE and retains some of the original architecture at platform level.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s.

Ticket barriers came into operation on 22 June 2011.

In 2022, the station was extensively refurbished with new finishes on the concourse and platforms, a remodelled booking office and a new lift.

Gallery

• 
  Anderston station platform
• 
  The station building, with the Kingston Bridge overhead

Services

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 2tph to Dalmuir via Yoker
• 2tph to Dalmuir via Singer
• 2tph to Milngavie via Westerton
• 2tph to Whifflet, with an hourly extension to Motherwell
• 2tph to Larkhall via Hamilton
• 1tph to Motherwell via Hamilton
• 1tph to Cumbernauld via Hamilton and Motherwell

Sundays (10.00 - 18:00 only)

• 2tph to Balloch via Yoker
• 2tph to Milngavie
• 1tph to Larkhall
• 1tph to Motherwell via Whifflet
• 2tph to Motherwell via Hamilton

Some weekday peak services to/from the south also start or terminate here.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Glasgow Central (Low Level)		ScotRail Argyle Line		Exhibition Centre
	Historical railways
Glasgow Central (Low Level) Line open; station open		Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway		Stobcross Line open; station open

References

Sources

• "Anderston Railway Station from The Gazetteer for Scotland". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
• 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.
• Johnston, Colin; Hulme, John H. (1979). Glasgow Stations (1st ed.). Newton Abbott, Devon: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7569-5. OCLC 6091133.
• 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.

External links

• Video footage of Anderston station