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Cardonald railway station

Cardonald

Scottish Gaelic: Cair Dhòmhnaill[1]
National Rail
Cardonald Railway Station 01.jpg
Looking east towards Glasgow Central
LocationCardonald, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′09″N 4°20′22″W / 55.8526°N 4.3395°W
Grid referenceNS535646
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCDO
Key dates
1 July 1843Opened as Moss Road
1845Closed
1 October 1879Reopened and renamed Cardonald
Passengers
2015/16Increase 0.227 million
2016/17Decrease 0.220 million
2017/18Increase 0.237 million
2018/19Increase 0.251 million
2019/20Decrease 0.240 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cardonald railway station is located in the Cardonald district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving parts of the Drumoyne neighbourhood located on the opposite side of the M8 motorway which runs adjacent to the railway. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1843 as Moss Road and closed in 1845.[2] The station was reopened and renamed Cardonald on 1 October 1879.[2]

On 24 March 2008, a woman was hit by a train at Cardonald. She later died of her injuries.[3]

Services

  • 2tph to Glasgow Central
  • 2tph to Gourock

The evening service is:

  • 1tph to Wemyss Bay
  • 1tph to Gourock
  • 2tph to Glasgow Central

There is an hourly service each way on Sundays to Glasgow & Gourock.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt, page 164
  3. ^ "Train hits woman on station track". BBC News website. BBC. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  4. ^ Table 219 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References

  • 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. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hillington East Abellio ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
Glasgow Central
Deanside
Line and station closed
Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway
Connection with G&PJR
Paisley Gilmour Street Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway (Govan Branch)
Govan
Line and station closed
Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
Ibrox
Line open; station closed


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