Anderston railway station serves

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's financial district of

Anderston Anderston ( sco, Anderstoun, gd, Baile Aindrea) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the north bank of the River Clyde and forms the south western edge of the city centre. Established as a village of handloom weavers in the early 18th cent ...

and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of both Anderston West and the Blythswood Court estate of the Anderston Centre. It is also close to both the Hilton and Marriott hotels. It is a staffed station with an

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and most of it is underground.

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1896 by the

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which was subsequently absorbed by the

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. It later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the

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on 3 August 1959. The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 motorway. The station was reopened as part of the

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project on 5 November 1979 by the

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and Strathclyde PTE and retains some of the original architecture at platform level. When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the

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in the 1990s.

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came into operation on 22 June 2011. In 2022, the station was extensively refurbished with new finishes on the concourse and platforms, a remodelled booking office and a new lift.

Gallery

Image:Anderston5.jpg, Anderston station platform File:Anderston station on the Argyle Line, Kingston Bridge, Glasgow.jpg, The station building, with the Kingston Bridge overhead

Services

Mondays to Saturdays: * 2tph to Dalmuir via Yoker * 2tph to Dalmuir via Singer * 2tph to Milngavie via Westerton * 2tph to Whifflet, with an hourly extension to Motherwell * 2tph to Larkhall via Hamilton * 1tph to Motherwell via Hamilton * 1tph to Cumbernauld via Hamilton and Motherwell Sundays (10.00 - 18:00 only) * 2tph to via Yoker * 2tph to Milngavie * 1tph to Larkhall * 1tph to Motherwell via Whifflet * 2tph to Motherwell via Hamilton Some weekday peak services to/from the south also start or terminate here.

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Video footage of Anderston station
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