Queens Park Railway Station (Scotland)
, symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Queen's Park Railway Station, Glasgow, Scotland.jpg , caption = Looking north west towards , borough = Queen's Park, Glasgow , country = Scotland , coordinates = , grid_name = Grid reference , grid_position = , manager = ScotRail , platforms = 2 , code = QPK , original = Cathcart District Railway , pregroup = Caledonian Railway , postgroup = LMS , years = 1 March 1886 , events = OpenedButt (1995), p. 193Kernahan (1980) , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Queen's Park railway station is a railway station serving the Queen's Park, Govanhill and Strathbungo areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by ScotR ...
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Queen's Park, Glasgow
Queen's Park ( gd, Pàirc na Banrìghinn, sco, Queen's Pairk) is a park situated on the south side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, between Strathbungo, Shawlands, Battlefield, Mount Florida, and Crosshill The park lies about south of the city centre, and gives its name to a nearby railway station and several other local businesses and institutions, including the football team Queen's Park F.C. History The lands of the park were part of the lands of Langside, belonging to the Maxwells of Pollok. During the 17th Century, the western part was sold to form Camphill Farm. This was sold again in 1799 to Glasgow manufacturer Robert Thomson who built , which still stands at the edge of the park grounds. His son purchased the adjacent Pathhead Farm in 1834, and the merged land was sold by grandson Neale Thomson to Glasgow Corporation in 1857 for the purpose of developing Glasgow's third park. The park was developed in the late 19th century in response to the increasing populat ...
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