King's Park railway station

King's Park
265px Eastward view of the station building
Location
Place	King's Park
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS593607
Operations
Station code	KGP
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	95,830
2005/06	0.106 million
2006/07	0.121 million
2007/08	0.127 million
2008/09	0.136 million
2009/10	0.150 million
2010/11	0.165 million
History
Original company	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway Scottish Region
10 September 1928 (1928-09-10)	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at King's Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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King's Park railway station is a railway station serving the King's Park area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Line, which was electrified by British Railways in 1962. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

The Up (Kirkhill bound) platform is signalled for bi-directional running to enable Up trains to depart in the Down direction. In the past this has been used for trains from Langside to depart to Muirend on the Neilston Line. Nowadays trains only depart the 'wrong way' from this platform during times of disruption.

At time of electrification there was also an Up Loop, used for stabling Football Specials serving events at the nearby Hampden Park football stadium, although by the mid 1970s this had been lifted.

Services

File:King's Park railway station, Glasgow, April 2012.jpeg

Westbound platform, looking towards Croftfoot.

There is a half-hourly service everyday towards Glasgow Central one via Shawlands and one via Crosshill northbound and Newton southbound.

External links

• Train times and station information for King's Park railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Croftfoot		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow-Newton via Crosshill		Mount Florida
		Abellio ScotRail Glasgow-Newton via Shawlands		Langside