Langside railway station

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 Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Langside
Scottish Gaelic: An Leathad Fada[1]
2005 view of station after removal of station building
Location
PlaceLangside and Newlands
Local authorityGlasgow
Coordinates55.8208°N 4.2759°W / 55.8208; -4.2759
Grid referenceNS574609
Operations
Station codeLGS
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.240 million
2015/16 0.248 million
2016/17 0.269 million
2017/18 0.296 million
2018/19 0.276 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTESPT
ZoneG2
History
Original companyCathcart District Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
2 April 1894Opened as Langside[2]
5 November 1900Signal box closed[3]
1 October 1901Renamed as Langside and Newlands[3]
1905Signal box reopened during morning peak[3]
23 August 1927Signal box closed and equipment removed[3]
27 May 1962Renamed as Langside[3]
13 August 1966Original station building burnt down[4]
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Langside from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History
1960s station building with a British Rail Class 303 No. 303 016 on a service to Newton

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 Glasgow Central to Kirkhill trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to Motherwell 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 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 higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.[5]

Routes
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cathcart   Abellio ScotRail
Cathcart Circle
   Pollokshaws East
King's Park   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow-Newton
  
  Historical railways  
Cathcart
Line and station open		   Caledonian Railway
Cathcart District Railway
   Pollokshaws East
Line and station open

References

Notes
  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), page 139
  3. Kernahan (1980)
  4. Kernahan (1980), page 64
  5. Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources
  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Kernahan, Jack (1980). The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Scottish Railway Preservation Society. ISBN 0-9043-9601-0. OCLC 85045869.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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