Anderston railway station

Anderston National Rail

Platforms at Anderston
Location
Place Anderston
Local authority Glasgow
Coordinates 55°51′35″N 4°16′13″W / 55.8598°N 4.2703°W / 55.8598; -4.2703Coordinates: 55°51′35″N 4°16′13″W / 55.8598°N 4.2703°W / 55.8598; -4.2703
Grid reference NS579653
Operations
Station code AND
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 0.577 million
2011/12 Increase 0.647 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.631 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.603 million
2014/15 Increase 0.634 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Glasgow Central Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
10 August 1896 Opened as Anderston Cross[1]
3 August 1959 Station closed[1]
1968 Station building demolished
5 November 1979 Reopened as Anderston[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Anderston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Anderston railway station serves Glasgow's Financial district of Anderston and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of both Anderston West and the Blythswood Court estate of the Anderston Centre. It is also close to both the Hilton and Marriott hotels. It is a manned station with an island platform and most of it is underground.

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896 by the Glasgow Central Railway which was subsequently absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. It later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 3 August 1959.[1]

The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 motorway. The station, reopened as part of the Argyle Line project on 5 November 1979 by the British Railways Board and Strathclyde PTE and retains some of the original architecture at platform level.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the Privatisation of British Rail.

Ticket barriers came into operation on 22 June 2011.[2]

Gallery

Services

Mondays to Saturdays:[3]

Sundays (10.00 - 18:00 only)

Some weekday peak services to/from the south also start or terminate here.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Glasgow Central (Low Level)   Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
   Exhibition Centre
Historical railways
Glasgow Central (Low Level)
Line open; station open		   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
   Stobcross
Line open; station open

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 16
  2. ↑ "Layout 1" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  3. ↑ Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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