Govan subway station explained

Govan
Style:Glasgow Subway
Type:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn<ref name="gaelic">{{cite web |url=https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/glasgows-gaelic-underground/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004071104/https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/glasgows-gaelic-underground/ |title=Glasgow's Gaelic Underground |website=[[Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba]] |first=Jake |last=King |date=12 July 2020 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |access-date=17 February 2023
Address:737 Govan Road
Govan, Glasgow, G51 2YJ[1]
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8622°N -4.3106°W
Structure:Underground
Platform:2 (side platforms)
Tracks:2
Bus Stands:6
Parking:No
Bicycle:Yes (bike shed)
Accessible:Yes (step-free access)[2]
Opened:14 December 1896
Operator:SPT
Former:Govan Cross (1896 - 1977)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Govan subway station is a station that serves the area of Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the south side of the River Clyde. Just south of the station is the main depot and test track for the Glasgow Subway. The station is located near the historic Govan Old Parish Church.

This station forms an interchange with Govan bus station, being adjacent to it. This, combined with the fact that the subway to Partick forms the only rail link across the Clyde west of the city centre, means that it is one of the busier stations. Annual passenger boardings have fallen below one million in recent years and with 990,000 recorded in 2004/05.[3]

The station has two platforms. Prior to its closure for modernisation in 1977, the station was called Govan Cross. The appearance of cracks in the roof of the old station led to its premature closure in 1977, before the modernisation programme could take place. As part of this programme, the station's surface buildings were replaced, and its single island platform was changed to a dual side platform arrangement.

Govan (under its former name of Govan Cross) is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song The Glasgow Underground.[4]

Govan includes a lift and escalator. Along with St Enoch subway station, it is one of two Glasgow Subway stations that is wheelchair accessible.[5] [6]

On 29 June 2011, a man died after being hit by one of the service's rolling stock at 09:12.[7]

Past passenger numbers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maps & stations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230115125231/https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/subway/maps-stations/ . spt.co.uk . Strathclyde Partnership for Transport . 15 January 2023 . 16 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Accessibility & mobility . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221107171456/https://www.spt.co.uk/travel-with-spt/subway/accessibility-mobility/ . 16 February 2023 . 7 November 2022 . spt.co.uk . Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
  3. Web site: SPT Statistics and Trends 2005 . PDF . Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive . 2005 . 7 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070328113310/http://www.spt.co.uk/publications/stats2005/s%26t2005.pdf . 28 March 2007 . dead .
  4. Web site: YouTube - The Glasgow Underground . 9 January 2015 . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102175734/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_YbGldcuKQ . live .
  5. Web site: Subway: Maps & Stations . . 2021-06-23.
  6. Web site: Glasgow’s Subway needs to be more accessible, say campaigners . Glasgow Standard . 2021-06-23.
  7. News: Man killed by train at Govan Subway Station . BBC . BBC News . 29 June 2011 . 28 September 2014 . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132139/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13957367 . live .
  8. Web site: Freedom of Information request: Subway station patronage - 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 18 December 2012. WhatDoTheyKnow. 9 February 2019. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180353/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/140056/response/343036/attach/html/5/Letter%2018%20December%202012.pdf.html. live.