Crosshill railway station

Crosshill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc na Croise[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationCrosshill, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′00″N 4°15′24″W / 55.83325°N 4.25667°W / 55.83325; -4.25667
Grid referenceNS587623
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCOI
History
Original companyCathcart District Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 March 1886Opened[2][3]
1 January 1917Closed[2]
1 June 1919Reopened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.357 million
2019/20Increase 0.363 million
2020/21Decrease 90,108
2021/22Increase 0.181 million
2022/23Increase 0.212 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Crosshill railway station is a railway station serving the Crosshill and Govanhill areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line but also has trains going to and from Neilston and Newton. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

History

The station opened concurrently with the Cathcart District Railway, on 1 March 1886. It was closed as a wartime economy measure between January 1917 and June 1919. The 1923 Grouping saw ownership pass to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and then onto the Scottish Region of British Railways in January 1948. Many trains over the route began to be worked by diesel multiple units from the summer of 1958, with overhead electrification following in 1962. A line voltage of 6.25 kV AC was used due initially to clearance issues with the bridges and cuttings along the route, though this was subsequently increased to the standard 25 kV in the early 1970s.

Services

2016

A typical weekday and Saturday service is five trains per hour to Glasgow Central (one train per hour in each direction on the Cathcart Circle, two from Neilston and one from Newton via Kirkhill), two trains per hour to Neilston and one train per hour to Newton (the one other hourly train to/from Newton runs via Langside). A Sunday service is almost the same except the Cathcart Circle trains do not operate. As a result, only three trains per hour operate to Glasgow Central.[4]

Routes

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Mount Florida   ScotRail
Cathcart Circle Lines
   Queen's Park
  Historical railways  
Mount Florida
Line and station open 		  Caledonian Railway
Cathcart District Railway
   Queen's Park
Line and station open

References

Notes

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c Butt (1995), p. 72
  3. ^ Kernahan (1980)
  4. ^ 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.