Cardonald railway station
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 Looking east towards Glasgow Central in 2008, before installation of a third track between the existing two. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Cardonald, Glasgow Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′09″N 4°20′22″W / 55.8526°N 4.3395°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS535646 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CDO | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 July 1843 | Opened as Moss Road | ||||
| 1845 | Closed | ||||
| 1 October 1879 | Reopened and renamed Cardonald | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.240 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.123 million | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.167 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.182 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.214 million | ||||
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Cardonald railway station is located in the Cardonald district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving parts of the Drumoyne neighbourhood located on the opposite side of the M8 motorway which runs adjacent to the railway. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.
History
[edit]The station opened on 1 July 1843 as Moss Road and closed in 1845.[2] The station was reopened and renamed Cardonald on 1 October 1879.[2]
On 24 March 2008, a woman was hit by a train at Cardonald. She later died of her injuries.[3]
Services
[edit]- 2tph to Glasgow Central
- 2tph to Gourock
The evening service is:
- 1tph to Wemyss Bay
- 1tph to Gourock
- 2tph to Glasgow Central
There is an hourly service each way on Sundays to Glasgow & Gourock.[4]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- ^ a b Butt, page 164
- ^ "Train hits woman on station track". BBC News website. BBC. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ Table 219 National Rail timetable, May 2016
References
[edit]- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cardonald railway station.
- Train times and station information for Cardonald railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Hillington East | ScotRail Inverclyde Line |
Glasgow Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Deanside Line and station closed |
Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway |
Connection with G&PJR | ||
| Paisley Gilmour Street | Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway (Govan Branch) |
Govan Line and station closed | ||
| Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway |
Ibrox Line open; station closed | |||
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- Railway stations in Glasgow
- Former Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1843
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1845
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by ScotRail
- 1843 establishments in Scotland
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