Shettleston railway station
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Shettleston, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′13″N 4°09′36″W / 55.8536°N 4.1599°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS648643 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | SLS | ||||
| Fare zone | G6 | ||||
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| Original company | North British Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
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| 1 February 1871 | Opened[2] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.672 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.637 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.115 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.368 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.474 million | ||||
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Shettleston railway station serves the Shettleston area of Glasgow, Scotland and is 3½ miles (5 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.
History
[edit]Shettleston was opened on 1 February 1871[2][3] when the Coatbridge Branch of the North British Railway opened. In 1877, the station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway with the commencement of freight services to Bothwell on 1 November 1877 and passenger services on 1 April 1878. The line closed to passenger traffic in July 1955 and completely in 1961 (except for a short section to Mount Vernon that survived for a further four years).
In 2010, Shettleston station received bilingual name boards, in English and Gaelic, the Gaelic reading "Baile Nighean Sheadna". Shettleston station facilities include a ticket office, ticket vending machine, waiting shelter, footbridge, clock, train information displays and seating. The station has two platforms. There is also a car park and a cycle parking stand.
In 2011, the footbridge was replaced - like many others on the North Clyde Line the previous structure had been built as part of the 1959 electrification and was in very poor structural condition.
Services
[edit]Monday to Saturday daytimes:[4]
- Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley (As of August 2016 this service no longer calls at Garrowhill, Easterhouse, Blairhill and Coatdyke. Passengers for these stations should use the half-hourly service towards Airdrie from Balloch instead.)
- Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
- Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
- Half-hourly service towards Milngavie via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
Evening services are as follows:
- Half-hourly service towards Airdrie via all stations
- Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
Sunday services are as follows:
- Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
- Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 210
- ^ Shettleston Station (Glasgow City Archives, Deposited Collections, 1920s), The Glasgow Story
- ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
[edit]- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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