Shettleston railway station explained

Shettleston
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Shettleston, Glasgow
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8536°N -4.1599°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:SLS
Zone:G6
Transit Authority:Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Original:North British Railway
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:LNER
Years:1 February 1871
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Shettleston railway station serves the Shettleston area of Glasgow, Scotland and is 3½ miles (5 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.

History

Shettleston was opened on 1 February 1871[1] when the Coatbridge Branch of the North British Railway opened. In 1877, the station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway with the commencement of freight services to Bothwell on 1 November 1877 and passenger services on 1 April 1878. The line closed to passenger traffic in July 1955 and completely in 1961 (except for a short section to Mount Vernon that survived for a further four years).

In 2010, Shettleston station received bilingual name boards, in English and Gaelic, the Gaelic reading "Baile Nighean Sheadna". Shettleston station facilities include a ticket office, ticket vending machine, waiting shelter, footbridge, clock, train information displays and seating. The station has two platforms. There is also a car park and a cycle parking stand.

In 2011, the footbridge was replaced - like many others on the North Clyde Line the previous structure had been built as part of the 1959 electrification and was in very poor structural condition.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes:

Evening services are as follows:

Sunday services are as follows:

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00836&t=2 Shettleston Station (Glasgow City Archives, Deposited Collections, 1920s)