Barrhead railway station
Barrhead  | |
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View from Platforms 2 and 3 at Barrhead railway station, looking towards Kilmarnock | |
| Location | |
| Place | Barrhead |
| Local authority | East Renfrewshire |
| Coordinates | 55°48′14″N 4°23′50″W / 55.8040°N 4.3971°WCoordinates: 55°48′14″N 4°23′50″W / 55.8040°N 4.3971°W |
| Grid reference | NS498593 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BRR |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 0.414 million |
| 2004/05 |
 0.473 million |
| 2005/06 |
0.511 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.551 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.563 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.698 million |
| 2009/10 |
 0.579 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.616 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.649 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.669 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.656 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway |
| Pre-grouping | CR and G&SWR |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 27 September 1848 | Opened[1] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Barrhead from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Barrhead railway station is a railway station in the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 7½ miles (12 km) south west of Glasgow Central.
History
The station was opened by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway on 27 September 1848.[1] The line southwards beyond Neilston (Low) to Kilmarnock via Dunlop (the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Joint Railway) was added in 1871 by the Glasgow and South Western Railway and Caledonian Railway, giving travellers access to the G&SWR main line to Dumfries and Carlisle.
Facilities
The station has three platforms - one north-east facing bay (on the north-west side) specifically for terminating services and two through platforms, 1 and 2, which can be used for any service. A ticket machine serves Platforms 2 and 3 while an office is located on Platform 1.
Services
2008/2009
The station was generally served by a half hourly service to and from Glasgow Central which stops at all intermediate stations. This was supplemented by a train heading to either Kilmarnock, Carlisle or Stranraer on an hourly basis, although a few train services did not stop.
2010
Following timetable change in December 2009, associated with the doubling of the line between Lugton and Stewarton, the station is generally served by a half hourly service to and from Glasgow Central which stops at all intermediate stations. There is also a train to/from either Kilmarnock, Carlisle or Stranraer roughly every half-hour. Again, a few train services run non-stop through the station.
2015
The current service pattern is:
- 4tph to Glasgow Central, two of which start in Kilmarnock, the other two start here. 6 trains per day head to Glasgow from the North of England
- 2tph terminate here from Glasgow Central, calling at Crossmyloof, Pollokshaws West, Kennishead, Priesthill & Darnley and Nitshill
- 1tph to Kilmarnock
- 6tpd to Carlisle, 3 of which are extended to Newcastle
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Dunlop | ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Nitshill | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Neilston Low Line open; station closed |
Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway |
Nitshill | ||
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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway
- RAILSCOT on Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
- Barrhead station on navigable OS map