Bellgrove railway station

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Bellgrove
Location
Place	Glasgow
Local authority	Glasgow
Operations
Station code	BLG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
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Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	198,431
2004/05 *	275,448
History
Key dates	Opened 1 June 1871
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bellgrove from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Bellgrove Railway Station is a railway station in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1.6 km (1 mile) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station and is managed by First ScotRail.

The station is an island platform served by trains on the North Clyde Line, and is an interchange between the Springburn branch and the line to Drumgelloch.

The station is off Bellgrove Street, which is accessible via stairs, and is approximately a mile (2 km) away from Celtic F.C.'s Parkhead ground.

Contents 1 Bellgrove rail crash 2 Service 2.1 From 2007 3 References 3.1 Notes 3.2 Sources

[edit] Bellgrove rail crash

In March 1989, the station was the scene of a head-on collision between two Class 303 trains on the Springburn branch in which two people died.^[1]

[edit] Service

[edit] From 2007

Monday to Saturday daytimes, eight trains per hour, (some commencing from Bellgrove) go westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Helensburgh Central, Dalmuir, Milngavie etc.) on the North Clyde Line.

Eastbound there is a service every 15 minutes towards Airdrie/Drumgelloch and half-hourly towards Springburn.

Evenings four trains per hour go towards Glasgow Queen Street and there is a half-hourly service to both Springburn and Drumgelloch respectively.

Sundays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Drumgelloch.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Duke Street		First ScotRail  North Clyde Line		High Street
Carntyne		First ScotRail  North Clyde Line
Historical Railways
Carntyne Line and Station open		Coatbridge Branch North British Railway		College Line and Station open
Terminus		Glasgow City and District Railway North British Railway		High Street Line and Station closed
Duke Street Line and Station open		City of Glasgow Union Railway G&SWR and NBR		Gallowgate Line open; Station closed

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] Sources

• 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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