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Bridgeton railway station serves the Bridgeton district of

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and is a station on the

Argyle Line The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. The line serves the commercial and shopping districts of Glasgow's central area, and connects towns from West Dunbartonshire to South Lanarkshire. Named for Glasgow's Argyl ...

, south east of . The station is operated by ScotRail who also provide all train services.

History

Called Bridgeton Cross Station, it opened on 1 November 1895 when the line between Glasgow Green and Rutherglen was opened by the

Glasgow Central Railway The Glasgow Central Railway was a railway line built in Glasgow, Scotland by the Caledonian Railway, running in tunnel east to west through the city centre. It was opened in stages from 1894 and opened up new journey opportunities for passengers ...

. The station became a junction with the opening of the line to Carmyle and on 1 February 1897. Westbound services ran to Stobcross, from where they could proceed to via , and points north via the connection to the

Stobcross Railway The Stobcross Railway was a railway line in Glasgow, Scotland, built by the North British Railway to connect from Maryhill to the new dock being built at Stobcross; the dock became the Queen's Dock, opened in 1877. The line was opened first, in ...

or on to the

Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway The Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was a railway company in Scotland. It was promoted independently but supported by the Caledonian Railway, and it was designed to connect Balloch (on Loch Lomond) and Dumbarton with central Glasgow, l ...

to Dumbarton and Balloch Central via Partick Central & Dalmuir Riverside. In 1956 the line was re-signalled with colour light signals controlled from the re-equipped

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es at Bridgeton Cross Junction and Stobcross Junction. However, the station was closed along with both lines on 5 October 1964 as a result of the

Beeching Axe The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...

. The tracks were subsequently lifted, but the station and tunnels were left intact. As part of the

project, the Rutherglen line platforms reopened as Bridgeton Station on 5 November 1979, as offering regular commuter services into Central Station (low level) and on towards the western suburbs. In preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station underwent substantial renovations in 2010.

Accidents and incidents

*On 2 February 1929, a passenger train was diverted into the bay platform due to a signalman's error. Several people were injured when the train crashed through the buffers.

Services

1979

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, there were six trains an hour to the Hamilton Circle, from , with two services an hour going as far west as . The hourly service between and ran non-stop through Bridgeton station.

2008

Four trains per hour daily head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and eastbound towards (with services onward to Lanark).

2015

The basic four trains per hour frequency remains unchanged, but since the December 2014 timetable recast southbound trains now run to either Motherwell via Hamilton Central or via (though alternate services on that route terminate at Whifflet). On Sundays, southbound trains also serve Larkhall every hour and every 30 minutes. Bridgeton Cross Station 1900622 7705b064

Bridgeton Cross Station 1900622 7705b064

Routes

References

;Sources * * {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in Glasgow Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1895 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1979 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail Beeching closures in Scotland Bridgeton–Calton–Dalmarnock