Exhibition Centre railway station
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| Exhibition Centre | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Glasgow | ||
| Local authority | Glasgow | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | EXG | ||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2002/03 * | 0.372 million | ||
| 2004/05 * | 0.499 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.633 million | ||
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| PTE | SPT | ||
| History | |||
| Original company | Glasgow Central Railway | ||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||
| 26 November 1894 | Opened as Stobcross (GCR to Maryhill) | ||
| 5 May 1896 | L&AR to Clydebank opened | ||
| 10 August 1896 | GCR services commenced through to Glasgow Central | ||
| 3 August 1959 | Station closed to passengers | ||
| 10 August 1964 | Line closed to all traffic | ||
| 5 November 1979 | Re-opened as Finnieston | ||
| 1986 | Renamed as Exhibition Centre | ||
| 3 September 2007 | An empty train derails whilst using the turnback siding | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Exhibition Centre from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Exhibition Centre station - previously called Finnieston [1979-1986] and earlier Stobcross [1894-1959] (due to its location in Stobcross Street) - is in Glasgow on the Argyle Line. It serves the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, which is accessible by adjoining footbridge from an island platform. The station suffers badly from congestion at concerts as most of Greater Glasgow can be reached from the station. There is a siding adjacent to Platform 2, that can be used as a turnback siding for trains terminating at Anderston or Glasgow Central Low Level.
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[edit] History
In the days when the station was named Stobcross, the formation in front of Platform 1 was originally double track, with a platform where the overhead electrification masts are currently located. Just inside the tunnel from Partick, there was a junction.
The route, now disused, to the north went to the Glasgow Central Railway's Maryhill Central.
The route to the west is partially used by the Argyle Line link to the Clyde North Line (a new single track tunnel being constructed to connect up at Finnieston West Junction). Previously the line went to Partick Central railway station[1] (which at one time had been renamed Kelvin Hall) and onwards along the River Clyde to Dumbarton.
[edit] Incidents
Heavy rain in December 1994 resulted in the River Kelvin bursting its banks at Kelvinbridge and the resultant torrent through the disused Glasgow Central Railway tunnel flooded the Argyle Line trapping Class 314 Units at Glasgow Central Low Level.[2]
At around 08:30 on the Monday 3 September 2007, a set of empty coaches derailed after leaving the sidings at Exhibition Centre to start the 08:38 service from Anderston to Lanark, this derailment resulted in two members of staff being injured and the line between Exhibition Centre and Rutherglen being closed for two days.
[edit] Routes
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Anderston | First ScotRail |
Partick | ||
| Historical Railways | ||||
| Anderston Line and Station open |
Glasgow Central Railway |
Kelvinbridge Line and Station closed |
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| Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway |
Partick Central Line partially open; Station closed |
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| Connection to GCR | Stobcross Railway |
Partickhill Line open; Station closed |
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[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[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.
