- Muirend railway station
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Muirend 
Muirend railway station, looking north Location Place Muirend Local authority Glasgow Coordinates 55°48′36″N 4°16′26″W / 55.810°N 4.274°WCoordinates: 55°48′36″N 4°16′26″W / 55.810°N 4.274°W Operations Station code MUI Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2002/03 * 0.285 million 2004/05 * 
0.277 million2005/06 * 
0.290 million2006/07 * 0.280 million2007/08 * 0.295 million2008/09 * 0.345 millionPassenger Transport Executive PTE SPT History Original company Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway Post-grouping LMS 1 May 1903 Opened National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Muirend from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Muirend railway station is a railway station in Muirend, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.
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History
The station was opened by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903,[1] as part of an extension from that company's previous northern terminus at Giffen to a junction with the Cathcart District Railway at Cathcart.
Services and facilities
The station is served by the Glasgow Central to Neilston branch, which for operating purposes is grouped as part of the Cathcart Circle lines.[2] The service is mainly used by commuters travelling into the centre of Glasgow. Trains run mainly every half hour in each direction during daytime, with some additional services during rush hour periods. A Sunday service has also been introduced in recent years.[3]
The station has an island platform with a ramp providing access directly to the platform from Muirend Road at the south end of the station. At the north end, there is footbridge access to and from Hillcrest Avenue and Cairndow Court. The station building (which is a Category B listed building)[4] contains a ticket office which is manned on a part-time basis. An automated ticket machine is present.
References
Notes
- ^ Butt, page 165
- ^ Map of SPT rail network
- ^ First ScotRail timetable: Glasgow - Cathcart Circle / Neilston / Newton Accessed 24 September 2006
- ^ Historic structures on Scotland's active railways
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.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Williamwood First ScotRail
Cathcart Historical railways Whitecraigs
Line and station openCaledonian Railway
Kirkhill
Line and station openCategories:- Railway stations in Glasgow
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1903
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- DfT Category E stations
- Listed railway stations in Scotland
- Category B listed buildings in Scotland
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