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Queen's Park 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 Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

serving the Queen's Park,

Govanhill Govanhill ( gd, Cnoc a' Ghobhainn) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, situated south of the River Clyde between Pollokshields, the Gorbals, Strathbungo, Crosshill, Glasgow, Crosshill, Polmadie and Queen's Park, Glasgow, Queen's Park. Shires of Sco ...

and Strathbungo areas of

, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by

on behalf of

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History

Queen's Park station opened with the first section of the

, which opened as far as on 1 March 1886 (the line through to the first Cathcart station opened a few months later, on 25 May 1886). The station maintains its original island platform and station building to this day. The lines through the station were electrified under

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ways as part of the Glasgow South Bank Electrification in May 1962. From July to August 2008, the Cathcart Circle was closed for a short period to allow for subsidence repair works near Pollokshields East railway station. During this closure, Queen's Park was, along with several other stations on the line, one of the first to receive the new

colours and signage that would replace

and the incumbent franchise holder's branding. Queen's Park station is now protected as a

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. In 2011, part of the station was converted to house Queen's Park Railway Club, a contemporary art space.

Services

1979

Service provision consisted of two trains per hour between Neilston and Glasgow Central, two trains per hours between Newton and Glasgow Central, two trains per hour serving the Cathcart Inner Circle and two trains per hour serving the Cathcart Outer Circle Service.

2016

Service provision consists of two trains per hour between and Glasgow Central, one train per hour between Newton and Glasgow Central, one train per hour serving the Cathcart Inner Circle and one train per hour serving the Cathcart Outer Circle Service. The Circle services do not operate on Sundays, so the overall frequency at the station drops to 3 per hour each way.

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External links

Queens Park Railway Club
{{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Park (Glasgow) Railway Station Railway stations in Glasgow Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1886 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail Govanhill and Crosshill