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Corkerhill Corkerhill is a neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, southwest of the city centre. The area was originally a farm and a few houses built for workers of the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the Corkerhill Depot.Mosspark Mosspark ( gd, Pàirc na Mòna) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, in the southwest of the city. History Mosspark and the lands of East and Mid-Henderston were incorporated into Glasgow in 1 ...
neighbourhoods of
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,
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. The station is managed by
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and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¼ miles (5 km) west of . The station was originally a staff halt on the
Glasgow and South Western Railway The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. It served a triangular area of south-west Scotland between Glasgow, Stranraer and Carlisle. It was formed on 28 October 1850 by the merger of two earlier railway ...
, with a small network of houses having been built for workers at the
Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot is located in Corkerhill, Glasgow, Scotland. The depot is situated on the Paisley Canal Line and is to the east of Corkerhill station. The depot code is CK. Allocation As of 2020, Corkerhill ...
(opened 1896);Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library)
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eventually the isolated village was swallowed up by the expanding Glasgow urban area with the construction of the Mosspark,
Cardonald Cardonald ( sco, Cardonal, gd, Cair Dhòmhnaill
) is ...
and
Pollok Pollok ( gd, Pollag, lit=a pool, sco, Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,0 ...
estates. The station was opened to the public in 1923 and was rebuilt by
British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
in 1954.


Services


1967 to 1983

Following the closure of the line to Greenock Princes Pier, the basic service was an hourly service to . Some peak hour services to/from Paisley Canal and the Ayrshire Coast were also provided.


From 1990

Since the reopening of the line by
British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
in 1990 services have been half-hourly eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to , Monday to Saturdays. Currently (2016) there is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.


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