Bridgeton railway station

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Bridgeton
Looking south east towards Dalmarnock
Location
Place Bridgeton
Local authority Glasgow
Operations
Station code BDG
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.207 million
2005/06 * 0.240 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
1 November 1895 Opened
5 October 1964 Closed
5 November 1979 Re-opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bridgeton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Bridgeton railway station serves the Bridgeton district of Glasgow, Scotland and is a station on the Argyle Line 3 km (1¾ miles) south east of Glasgow Central. The station is operated by First ScotRail who also provide all train services.

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[edit] History

It was opened on 1 November 1895 when the line between Glasgow Green and Rutherglen opened. The station became a junction with the opening of the line to Carmyle on 1 February 1897.

In 1956 the line was re-signalled with colour light signals controlled from the re-equipped signal boxes at Bridgeton Cross Junction and Stobcross Junction. However, the station was closed when the line closed on 5 October 1964.

As part of the Argyle Line project, the Rutherglen line platforms reopened on 5 November 1979, offering regular commuter services into Central Station (low level) and on towards the western suburbs.

[edit] Services

[edit] 1979

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, there where six trains an hour to the Hamilton Circle, from Dalmuir, with two services an hour going as far west as Dumbarton Central. The hourly service between Lanark and Milngavie ran non-stop through Bridgeton Station.

[edit] 2008

Four trains per hour daily head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and eastbound towards Motherwell (with services onward to Lanark).

[edit] Routes

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Dalmarnock   First ScotRail

Argyle Line

   Argyle Street
Historical Railways
Parkhead
Line and station closed		   Caledonian Railway

 Glasgow Central Railway

   Glasgow Green
Line open; station closed
Dalmarnock   Caledonian Railway

 Glasgow Central Railway

  

[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. 


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