Corkerhill railway station
Corkerhill railway station serves the Corkerhill and Mosspark neighbourhoods of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¼ miles (5 km) west of Glasgow Central.
Corkerhill  | |
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 Corkerhill station in May 2009 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Corkerhill |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55.8373°N 4.3341°W |
| Grid reference | NS539629 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CKH |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2014/15 |  |
| 2015/16 | |
| 2016/17 | |
| 2017/18 |  |
| 2018/19 | |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 December 1896[1] | Opened |
| ?[1] | Closed |
| 14 July 1924[1] | Reopened and renamed Corkerhill Halt |
| 10 January 1983[1] | Closed |
| 28 July 1990[1] | Reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Corkerhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
The station was originally a staff halt on the Glasgow and South Western Railway, with a small network of houses having been built for workers at the Corkerhill Carriage Servicing Maintenance Depot (opened 1896);[2] eventually the isolated village was swallowed up by the expanding Glasgow urban area with the construction of the Mosspark, Cardonald and Pollok estates. The station was opened to the public in 1923 and was rebuilt by British Railways in 1954.[2]
Services
1967 to 1983
Following the closure of the line to Greenock Princes Pier, the basic service was an hourly service to Kilmacolm. Some peak hour services to/from Paisley Canal and the Ayrshire Coast were also provided.
From 1990
Since the reopening of the line by British Rail in 1990 services have been half-hourly eastbound to Glasgow Central and westbound to Paisley Canal, Monday to Saturdays. Currently (2016) there is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosspark | Abellio ScotRail Paisley Canal Line |
Dumbreck | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Crookston Line and Station open |
Glasgow and South Western Railway Paisley Canal Branch |
Bellahouston Station closed; Line open | ||
References
- Butt 1995, p. 68.
- Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library), The Glasgow Story
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.