- Anderston railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Anderston
code = AND
caption = Platforms at Anderston
manager =First ScotRail
locale =Anderston
borough =Glasgow
lowusage0203 = 163.967
lowusage0405 = 240,667
lowusage0506 = 340,728
lowusage0607 = 381,946
pte = SPT
platforms = 2
original =Glasgow Central Railway
pregroup =Caledonian Railway
years = 10 August 1896
events = Station opened as Anderston Cross
years1 = 3 August 1959
events1 = Station closed
years2 = 1968
events2 = Station building demolished for Kingston Bridge construction
years3 = 5 November 1979
events3 = Station re-opened as AnderstonAnderston railway station serves
Glasgow 's Financial district ofAnderston , and, across theM8 motorway , the housing schemes of Anderston West. It is a manned station with anisland platform and most of it is underground.History
The station was opened on
10 August 1896 , closing on3 August 1959 . Opened by theGlasgow Central Railway , then byCaledonian Railway , it became part of theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to theScottish Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by theBritish Transport Commission Reopened by the
British Railways Board andStrathclyde PTE , when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980's, the station was served byScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the Privatisation of British Railways.The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 Motorway. The station reopened as part of the
Argyle Line project on5 November 1979 retains some of the original architecture at platform level.Gallery
ervices
This was the terminus point for the Limited Stop service to Hamilton Central but these services now run between Dalmuir and Larkhall although they still call here. There is no Sunday service and although the platforms are lit, etc., the station doesn't open.
rail line
next = Exhibition Centre
previous = Glasgow Central (Low Level)
route =First ScotRail Argyle Line
col=FF80C0rail line
next = Stobcross
"Line open; station open"
previous = Glasgow Central (Low Level)
"Line open; station open"
route =Caledonian Railway Glasgow Central Railway
col = Caledonian colour
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