King's Park railway station

King's Park railway station is a railway station serving the King's Park and Simshill areas 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.

King's Park
Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc an Rìgh[1]
Overview of the station, looking west towards Langside and Mount Florida
Location
Place	King's Park
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55.81958°N 4.24653°W / 55.81958; -4.24653
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*
2014/15	0.187 million
2015/16	0.194 million
2016/17	0.216 million
2017/18	0.231 million
2018/19	0.231 million
History
Original company	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
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.

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

Westbound platform, looking towards Croftfoot.

There is a half-hourly service each day (including Sundays) towards Glasgow Central - one via Shawlands and one via Crosshill northbound, and to Newton southbound.[2]

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. Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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