Muirend railway station

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Muirend
Muirend railway station, looking north.
Location
Place Muirend
Local authority Glasgow
Coordinates 55°48′37″N 4°16′25″W / 55.810191, -4.273587Coordinates: 55°48′37″N 4°16′25″W / 55.810191, -4.273587
Operations
Station code MUI
Managed by First ScotRail
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 * 0.285 million
2004/05 * 0.277 million
2005/06 * 0.290 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
1 May 1903 Opened
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* 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.
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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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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 was recently added, but is frequently out of order.

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Butt, page 165
  2. ^ Map of SPT rail network
  3. ^ First ScotRail timetable: Glasgow - Cathcart Circle / Neilston / Newton Accessed 24 September 2006
  4. ^ Historic structures on Scotland's active railways

[edit] 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 


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Williamwood   First ScotRail

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