Langside railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Langside
other_name =
code = LGS


caption =
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Langside and Newlands
borough = Glasgow
platforms = 2
pte = SPT
lowusage0203 = 121,219
lowusage0405 = 126,813
lowusage0506 = 147,198
lowusage0607 = 154,722
years = 2 April 1894
events = Opened as Langside
years1 = 5 November 1900
events1 = Signal box closed
years2 = 1 October 1901
events2 = Renamed as Langside and Newlands
years3 = 1905
events3 = Signal box reopened during morning peak
years4 = 23 August 1927
events4 = Signal box closed and equipment removed
years5 = 27 May 1962
events5 = Renamed as Langside
years6 = 13 August 1966
events6 = Original station burnt down|

Langside railway station is a railway station that serves the Langside and Newlands area of Glasgow. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

History

The station was opened as part of the western extension of the Cathcart District Railway on 2 April 1894. It consists of a single island platform accessed by a subway and stairs to Langside Drive at the west end, and Earls Park Avenue and Tanahill Road to the east, with a self service ticket machine added in spring 2007.

ervices

1974 to 1979

Between the electricification of the WCML and the opening of the Argyle Line, trains ran Mondays to Saturdays, with two Cathcart Circle trains per hour in each direction and two Glasgow Central to Kirkhill trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to Motherwell via the Hamilton Circle lines.

1979 to early 1990s

Following the opening of the Argyle line, Kirkhill services were extended through to Newton.

Early 1990s to present day (2006)

The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains.

The service consists of one train between Glasgow Central and Newton in each direction every hour, seven days a week and one Cathcart Circle train in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays.

There is a much higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.

References

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rail line two to one
previous1=Cathcart
next=Pollokshaws East|route1=First ScotRail

Cathcart Circle
previous2=King's Park
route2=First ScotRail

Glasgow-Newton
col=FF80C0rail line
previous=Cathcart
next=Pollokshaws East|route=Caledonian Railway

Cathcart District Railway
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