Alexandra Parade railway station

Alexandra Parade railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1+34 miles (2.8 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.

Alexandra Parade

Scottish Gaelic: Pairèad Alexandra[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationGlasgow Cross, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W / 55.8637; -4.2107
Grid referenceNS617655
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAXP
Key dates
1 July 1881Opened as Alexandra Park[2]
1 January 1917Station closed[2]
2 June 1919Station reopened[2]
9 July 1923Station renamed Alexandra Parade[2]
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.419 million
2019/20Decrease 0.393 million
2020/21Decrease 59,874
2021/22Increase 0.200 million
2022/23Increase 0.264 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Railways in the Parkhead area
Alexandra Parade
Kennyhill Goods
Haghill Goods
Duke Street
Haghill Junction
(CB NBR) Camlachie Goods
Coatbridge Branch (NBR) Left arrow 
Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR)
(GCR)
Bridgeton
Parkhead Forge Junction
London Road Goods
London Road Junction
(GCR)
Dalmarnock
Dalmarnock
Strathclyde Junction
(GCR)
Bridgeton Goods
Parkhead Stadium
(GCR)
Railways
CB NBR
Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
CoGUR
City of Glasgow Union Railway (Joint G&SWR and NBR)
GCR
Glasgow Central Railway (CR)
SB CR
The Switchback (CR)

It was built as part of the City of Glasgow Union Railway which provided a link across the Clyde (between the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Shields Junction and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Sighthill Junction).

Services

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On Sundays, an hourly Partick to Springburn service each way operates between 10am and 6pm.[3]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Barnhill   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Duke Street
  Historical railways  
Garngad
Line open; Station closed
  City of Glasgow Union Railway
G&SWR and NBR
  Duke Street
Line and Station open

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c d Butt (1995)
  3. ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Sources

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  • 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.
  • 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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