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Langside Langside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, and lies east of Shawlands, south of Queens Park, west of Cathcart and north of Newlands. The district is residential and primarily middle-class, ...

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Cathcart District Railway The Cathcart District Railway was proposed to serve the arising demand for suburban residential travel on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. It was planned as a loop running to and from Glasgow Central station, but at first only the eastern arm, ...

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Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh an ...

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, years = 2 April 1894 , events = Opened as LangsideButt (1995), page 139 , years1 = 5 November 1900 , events1 = Signal box closedKernahan (1980) , years2 = 1 October 1901 , events2 = Renamed as Langside and Newlands , years3 = 1905 , events3 = Signal box reopened during morning peak , years4 = 23 August 1927 , events4 = Signal box closed and equipment removed , years5 = 27 May 1962 , events5 = Renamed as Langside , years6 = 13 August 1966 , events6 = Original station building burnt downKernahan (1980), page 64 , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the

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Langside railway station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

that serves the

and

area of

, Scotland. It is located on the

Cathcart Circle Line The Cathcart Circle Lines form a mostly suburban railway route linking Glasgow (Central) to Cathcart via a circular line, with branches to Newton and Neilston, on the south bank of the River Clyde. They are part of the Strathclyde Partnership ...

. Services are provided by

on behalf of

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a regional transport partnership for the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. It is responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system in the are ...

History

The station was opened as part of the western extension of the

on 2 April 1894. It consists of a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

accessed by a subway and stairs to Langside Drive at the west end, and Earls Park Avenue and Tanahill Road to the east, with a self-service ticket machine added in spring 2007. The

has been electrified since 1962 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 ...

ways.

Services

1974 to 1979

Between the electrification of the WCML and the opening of the Argyle Line, trains ran Mondays to Saturdays, with two Cathcart Circle trains per hour in each direction and two to trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through to via the Hamilton Circle lines.

1979 to early 1990s

Following the opening of the Argyle line, Kirkhill services were extended through to

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Early 1990s to present day (2016)

The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains. The service consists of one train between and

in each direction every hour, seven days a week and one Cathcart Circle train in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays. There is a higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.

Routes

References

Notes

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* * * * * {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in Glasgow Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail