King's Park railway station

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King's Park
Eastward view of the station building.
Location
Place King's Park
Local authority Glasgow
Operations
Station code KGP
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2005/06 * 106,393
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at King's Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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King's Park railway station is a railway station serving the King's Park area of Glasgow. It is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

The Up (Kirkhill bound) platform is signalled for bi-directional running to enable Up trains to depart in the Down direction. In the past this has been used for trains from Langside to depart to Muirend on the Neilston Line. Nowadays trains only depart the 'wrong way' from this platform when the Neilston branch is closed and the trains are diverted there.

At time of electrification there was also an Up Loop, used for stabling Football Specials serving events at the nearby Hampden Park football stadium, although by the mid 1970s this had been lifted.

[edit] Services

There is a half-hourly service everyday towards Glasgow Central one via Shawlands and one via Crosshill northbound and Newton southbound.

[edit] External links

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Croftfoot   First ScotRail

Glasgow-Newton via Crosshill

  Mount Florida
  First ScotRail

Glasgow-Newton via Shawlands

  Langside