Langside railway station explained

Langside
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: An Leathad Fada
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Langside and Newlands, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8208°N -4.2759°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:LGS
Zone:G2
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Cathcart District Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:LMS
Years:2 April 1894
Events:Opened as Langside[1]
Years1:5 November 1900
Events1:Signal box closed[2]
Years2:1 October 1901
Events2:Renamed as Langside and Newlands
Years3:1905
Events3:Signal box reopened during morning peak
Years4:23 August 1927
Events4:Signal box closed and equipment removed
Years5:27 May 1962
Events5:Renamed as Langside
Years6:13 August 1966
Events6:Original station building burnt down[3]
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Langside railway station is a railway station that serves the Langside and Newlands area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

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. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways.

Services

1974 to 1979

Between the electrification 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 to trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to via the Hamilton Circle lines.

1979 to early 1990s

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

Early 1990s to present day (2016)

The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains.

The service consists of one train between 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 higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.

Routes

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Butt (1995), page 139
  2. Kernahan (1980)
  3. Kernahan (1980), page 64