Langside railway station

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Langside
Location
Place	Langside and Newlands
Local authority	Glasgow
Operations
Station code	LGS
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	121,219
2004/05 *	126,813
2005/06 *	147,198
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
2 April 1894	Opened as Langside
5 November 1900	Signal box closed
1 October 1901	Renamed as Langside and Newlands
1905	Signal box reopened during morning peak
23 August 1927	Signal box closed and equipment removed
27 May 1962	Renamed as Langside
13 August 1966	Original station burnt down
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langside from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Langside railway station is a railway station that serves the Langside and Newlands area of Glasgow. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 2.1 1974 to 1979 2.2 1979 to early 1990s 2.3 Early 1990s to present day (2006) 3 References

[edit] History

The station was opened as part of the western extension of the Cathcart District Railway on 2 April 1894. It consists of a single island platform accessed by a subway and stairs to Langside Drive at the west end, and Earls Park Avenue and Tanahill Road to the east, with a self service ticket machine added in spring 2007.

[edit] Services

[edit] 1974 to 1979

Between the electricification of the WCML and the opening of the Argyle Line, trains ran Mondays to Saturdays, with two Cathcart Circle trains per hour in each direction and two Glasgow Central to Kirkhill trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to Motherwell via the Hamilton Circle lines.

[edit] 1979 to early 1990s

Following the opening of the Argyle line, Kirkhill services were extended through to Newton.

[edit] Early 1990s to present day (2006)

The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains.

The service consists of one train between Glasgow Central and Newton in each direction every hour, seven days a week and one Cathcart Circle train in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays.

There is a much higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.

[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. 

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cathcart		First ScotRail Cathcart Circle		Pollokshaws East
King's Park		First ScotRail Glasgow-Newton
Historical Railways
Cathcart		Caledonian Railway  Cathcart District Railway		Pollokshaws East

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