Alexandra Parade railway station
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Alexandra Parade | |||
Location | |||
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Place | Dennistoun | ||
Local authority | Glasgow | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | AXP | ||
Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
Platforms in use | 2 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 83,750 | ||
History | |||
1 January 1881 | Opened | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alexandra Parade from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Alexandra Parade Railway Station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 3 km (1¾ miles) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line (Springburn branch). The station is managed by First ScotRail.
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).
[edit] Services
There is a half-hourly service Monday to Saturday southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Dalmuir or evenings to Balloch) and northbound to Springburn.
There is no Sunday service.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Barnhill | First ScotRail |
Duke Street | ||
Historical Railways | ||||
Garngad Line open; Station closed |
City of Glasgow Union Railway |
Duke Street Line and Station open |
[edit] Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.