Anderston railway station

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Anderston
Platforms at Anderston
Location
Place	Anderston
Local authority	Glasgow
Operations
Station code	AND
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	163.967
2004/05 *	240,667
2005/06 *	340,728
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
10 August 1896	Opened
3 August 1959	Closed
1968	Station building demolished for Kingston Bridge construction
5 November 1979	reopened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Anderston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Anderston railway station serves Glasgow's Financial district of Anderston, and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of Anderston West. It is a manned station with an island platform and most of it is underground. This was the terminus point for the Limited Stop service to Hamilton Central but these services now run between Dalmuir and Larkhall although they still call here. There is no Sunday service and although the platforms are lit, etc., the station doesn't open.

[edit] History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896, closing 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. It was reopened as part of the Argyle Line project on 5 November 1979. The platform retains some of the original architecture.

[edit] Gallery

Anderston is the next station west of Glasgow Central Low Level on the Argyle Line. It is located underneath the northern approach to the M8 Kingston Bridge, between two long tunnels.

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

[edit] References

• 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

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