Bellgrove railway station

Bellgrove
A Class 334 Juniper leaves Bellgrove with the Gallowgate Twins high rise flats in the distance
Location
Place	Dennistoun
Local authority	Glasgow
Operations
Station code	BLG
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.198 million
2004/05 *	0.275 million
2005/06 *	0.330 million
2006/07 *	0.337 million
2007/08 *	0.357 million
2008/09 *	0.446 million
History
Original company	City of Glasgow Union Railway, Glasgow City and District Railway & Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway & North British Railway
Post-grouping	LMS & LNER
1 June 1871	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bellgrove from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Bellgrove Railway Station is a railway station in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1.6 km (0.99 mi) east of Glasgow Queen Street and is managed by First ScotRail.

The station is an island platform served by trains on the North Clyde Line, and is an interchange between the lines to Springburn and Edinburgh Waverley.

The station is off Bellgrove Street, which is accessible via stairs, and is approximately a mile (2 km) away from Celtic F.C.'s Parkhead ground.

Contents 1 Bellgrove rail crash 2 Service 2.1 From 2010 2.2 Routes 3 References 3.1 Notes 3.2 Sources

Bellgrove rail crash

In March 1989, the station was the scene of a head-on collision between two Class 303 trains on the Springburn branch in which two people died.^[1]

Service

From 2010

Monday to Saturday daytimes, eight trains per hour (some commencing from Bellgrove) go westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond Helensburgh Central, Dalmuir, Milngavie etc.) on the North Clyde Line.

Eastbound, there is a service every 15 minutes towards Airdrie, half-hourly towards Springburn and hourly to Edinburgh Waverley.

In the evening, four trains per hour go towards Glasgow Queen Street and there is a half-hourly service to both Springburn and Edinburgh.

On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Edinburgh.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Duke Street		First ScotRail North Clyde Line		High Street
Carntyne		First ScotRail North Clyde Line
	Historical railways
Carntyne Line and Station open		Coatbridge Branch North British Railway		College Line and Station closed
Terminus		Glasgow City and District Railway North British Railway		High Street Line and Station open
Duke Street Line and Station open		City of Glasgow Union Railway G&SWR and NBR		Gallowgate Central Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

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