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 ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Langside Scottish Gaelic: An Leathad Fada^[1]
2005 view of station after removal of station building
General information
Location	Langside and Newlands, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′15″N 4°16′33″W / 55.8208°N 4.2759°W / 55.8208; -4.2759
Grid reference	NS574609
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LGS
Fare zone	G2
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
2 April 1894	Opened as Langside^[2]
5 November 1900	Signal box closed^[3]
1 October 1901	Renamed as Langside and Newlands^[3]
1905	Signal box reopened during morning peak^[3]
23 August 1927	Signal box closed and equipment removed^[3]
27 May 1962	Renamed as Langside^[3]
13 August 1966	Original station building burnt down^[4]
Passengers
2018/19	0.276 million
2019/20	0.289 million
2020/21	45,730
2021/22	0.110 million
2022/23	0.141 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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		ScotRail Glasgow Central - Neilston		Pollokshaws East
King's Park		ScotRail Glasgow Central - 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.
• 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.