King's Park railway station is a railway station serving the King's Park and Simshill areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Line, which was electrified by British Railways in 1962. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
General information | |||||
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Location | King's Park, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°49′10″N 4°14′48″W / 55.81958°N 4.24653°W | ||||
Grid reference | NS593607 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | KGP | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
Post-grouping |
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Key dates | |||||
10 September 1928 | Station opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 0.207 million | ||||
2020/21 | 37,134 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.108 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.147 million | ||||
2023/24 | 0.178 million | ||||
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The Up (Kirkhill bound) platform is signalled for bi-directional running to enable Up trains to depart in the Down direction. In the past this has been used for trains from Langside to depart to Muirend on the Neilston Line. Nowadays trains only depart the 'wrong way' from this platform during times of disruption.
At time of electrification there was also an Up Loop, used for stabling Football Specials serving events at the nearby Hampden Park football stadium, although by the mid 1970s this had been lifted.
Services
editThere is a half-hourly service each day (including Sundays) towards Glasgow Central - one via Shawlands and one via Crosshill northbound, and to Newton southbound.[2]
References
edit- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
edit- Train times and station information for King's Park railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Croftfoot | ScotRail Glasgow-Newton via Crosshill |
Mount Florida | ||
ScotRail Glasgow-Newton via Shawlands |
Langside |