Cathcart railway station

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Cathcart
Location
Place	Cathcart
Local authority	Glasgow
Operations
Station code	CCT
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	310,190
2004/05 *	360,093
2005/06 *	375,286
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
25 May 1886	Original station opened to the north of the White Cart River
19 March 1894	New station opened to the south of the White Cart River
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cathcart from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Cathcart railway station is a railway station serving the Cathcart area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line 6 km (4 miles) south of Glasgow Central (via Queens Park). Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Contents 1 Services 1.1 1979 1.2 2006 onwards 1.3 Routes 2 Sources

[edit] Services

[edit] 1979

Monday to Saturday two trains per hour were provided in each direction between Glasgow Central and Neilston, and in each direction on the Cathcart Circle. There was no Sunday service.

[edit] 2006 onwards

Seven days a week two trains per hour are provided in each direction between Glasgow Central and Neilston. Additionally, on Mondays to Saturdays, one train per hour is provided in each direction on the Cathcart Circle.

[edit] Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Langside		First ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Mount Florida
Muirend		First ScotRail Glasgow-Neilston
Historical Railways
Langside		Caledonian Railway  Cathcart District Railway		Mount Florida
Muirend		Caledonian Railway  Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway		Link to L&AR

[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. 

• Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869. 

• 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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