Bridgeton railway station

Bridgeton railway station serves the Bridgeton district of Glasgow, Scotland and is a station on the Argyle Line, 1 3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) south east of Glasgow Central. The station is operated by Abellio ScotRail who also provide all train services.

For the closed Glasgow City and District Railway station called Bridgeton, see Bridgeton Central railway station.

Bridgeton
Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Drochaid[1]
Bridgeton station, looking south east towards Dalmarnock
Location
PlaceBridgeton
Local authorityGlasgow
Coordinates55.8484°N 4.2250°W / 55.8484; -4.2250
Grid referenceNS607639
Operations
Station codeBDG
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.647 million
2015/16 0.632 million
2016/17 0.610 million
2017/18 0.702 million
2018/19 0.716 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTESPT
History
1 November 1895Opened
5 October 1964Closed
5 November 1979Re-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 Bridgeton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

Called Bridgeton Cross Station,[2] it opened on 1 November 1895 when the line between Glasgow Green and Rutherglen was opened by the Glasgow Central Railway. The station became a junction with the opening of the line to Carmyle and Kirkhill on 1 February 1897. Westbound services ran to Stobcross, from where they could proceed to Possil via Maryhill Central, Partickhill and points north via the connection to the Stobcross Railway or on to the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway to Dumbarton and Balloch Central via Partick Central & Dalmuir Riverside.

In 1956 the line was re-signalled with colour light signals controlled from the re-equipped signal boxes at Bridgeton Cross Junction and Stobcross Junction. However, the station was closed along with both lines on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe. The tracks were subsequently lifted, but the station and tunnels were left intact.

As part of the Argyle Line project, the Rutherglen line platforms reopened as Bridgeton Station[3] on 5 November 1979, as offering regular commuter services into Central Station (low level) and on towards the western suburbs.

In preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station underwent substantial renovations in 2010.[4]

Accidents and incidents
  • On 2 February 1929, a passenger train was diverted into the bay platform due to a signalman's error. Several people were injured when the train crashed through the buffers.[5]

Services

1979

When the Argyle Line was opened in 1979, there were six trains an hour to the Hamilton Circle, from Dalmuir, with two services an hour going as far west as Dumbarton Central. The hourly service between Lanark and Milngavie ran non-stop through Bridgeton station.

2008

Four trains per hour daily head westbound towards Glasgow Central and beyond (Milngavie and Dalmuir) and eastbound towards Motherwell (with services onward to Lanark).

2015

The basic four trains per hour frequency remains unchanged, but since the December 2014 timetable recast southbound trains now run to either Motherwell via Hamilton Central or via Whifflet (though alternate services on that route terminate at Whifflet). On Sundays, southbound trains also serve Larkhall every hour and Balloch every 30 minutes.[6]

Bridgeton Cross Station in 1961

Routes
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Dalmarnock   Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
   Argyle Street
  Historical railways  
Parkhead
Line and station closed		   Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central Railway
   Glasgow Green
Line open; station closed
Dalmarnock    
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References
  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Glasgow map, 1895–96". www.maps.nls.uk. to "Glasgow map, 1947". www.maps.nls.uk.
  3. "Bridgeton Railway Station". www.geograph.org.uk.
  4. "Bridgeton Cross Improvements, July 2010" (PDF). www.clydegateway.com.
  5. Earnshaw, Alan (1989). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 23. ISBN 0-906899-35-4.
  6. Table 225 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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