Garscadden railway station

Garscadden

Scottish Gaelic: Gart Sgadain[1]
A Class 334 at Garscadden station
General information
LocationGarscadden, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°53′15″N 4°21′50″W / 55.8874°N 4.3638°W / 55.8874; -4.3638
Grid referenceNS521685
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeGRS
Key dates
5 November 1960Opened
Passengers
2020/21 31,798
2021/22 0.119 million
2022/23 0.150 million
2023/24 0.193 million
2024/25 0.218 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Garscadden railway station serves Garscadden in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.

History

The station is located on the former Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway, between Hyndland and Dalmuir which opened in 1882 (though through services to Dalmuir did not start until 1897, when the company was also taken over by the North British Railway). The station here though wasn't opened until 5 November 1960 by British Rail, as part of the North Clyde Line modernisation and electrification scheme.[2]

Services

The station is served by trains between Dalmuir, Yoker and Partick, which then continue into both main Glasgow stations. There are also peak-hour-only services beginning and terminating at Garscadden, mostly on the Argyle Line (via Glasgow Central Low Level). These enter service (or leave service after terminating here) from the adjacent Yoker TMD reception sidings.

The eastbound service pattern consists of four trains per hour. Two of these services travel via Whifflet, with one terminating at Whifflet and the other continuing to Motherwell, these provide a half-hourly service on the Whifflet Line.

The remaining two services travel via Hamilton Central, with one terminating at Motherwell and the other extending to Cumbernauld, these also operate at half-hourly intervals.

Westbound, two services originate at Larkhall, one starts at Motherwell and travels via Whifflet, and the final service begins at Whifflet.[3]

The service on Sundays is provided by the Balloch to Larkhall (hourly) or Motherwell via Whifflet (hourly) trains.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Scotstounhill   ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Yoker
Scotstounhill   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Yoker

References

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ Glasgow Electric - The Story of Glasgow's New Electric Railway, p.12 Blake, George; British Rail publicity pamphlet, The Railways Archive ; Retrieved 2014-02-10
  3. ^ https://www.scotrail.co.uk/media/74363/download?inline

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