Corkerhill railway station

Corkerhill
Corkerhill station in 2008.
General information
Location	Corkerhill, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8373°N 4.3341°W / 55.8373; -4.3341
Grid reference	NS539629
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	CKH
History
Original company	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 December 1896[1]	Opened
?[1]	Closed
14 July 1924[1]	Reopened and renamed Corkerhill Halt
10 January 1983[1]	Closed
28 July 1990[1]	Reopened
Passengers
2019/20	0.267 million
2020/21	41,664
2021/22	0.129 million
2022/23	0.184 million
2023/24	0.213 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Corkerhill railway station serves the Corkerhill and Mosspark neighbourhoods of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¼ miles (5 km) west of Glasgow Central.

The station was originally a staff halt on the Glasgow and South Western Railway, with a small network of houses having been built for workers at the Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot (opened 1896);^[2] eventually the isolated village was swallowed up by the expanding Glasgow urban area with the construction of the Mosspark, Cardonald and Pollok estates. The station was opened to the public in 1923 and was rebuilt by British Railways in 1954.^[2]

Services

1967 to 1983

Following the closure of the line to Greenock Princes Pier, the basic service was an hourly service to Kilmacolm. Some peak hour services to/from Paisley Canal and the Ayrshire Coast were also provided.

From 1990

Since the reopening of the line by British Rail in 1990 services have been half-hourly eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Paisley Canal, Monday to Saturdays. Currently (2016) there is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Mosspark		ScotRail Paisley Canal Line		Dumbreck
	Historical railways
Crookston Line and Station open		Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Branch		Bellahouston Station closed; Line open
Mosspark Line and station open		London, Midland and Scottish Railway Paisley Canal line		Bellahouston Park Halt Line open, station closed

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 68.
2. Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library), The Glasgow Story

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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.