Place Queen's Park Station code QPK 2011/12 0.546 million Number of platforms 2 Original company Cathcart District Railway | Grid reference NS581625 Managed by Abellio ScotRail 2012/13 0.596 million | |
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Address Glasgow G42 8PH, United Kingdom Similar Pollokshields East railway st, Crosshill railway station, Pollokshields West railway st, Muirend railway station, Maxwell Park railway st | ||
Queen's Park railway station is a railway station serving the Queen's Park area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
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History
Queen's Park station opened with the first section of the Cathcart District Railway, which opened as far as Mount Florida on 1 March 1886 (the line through to the first Cathcart station opened a few months later, on 25 May 1886). The station maintains its original island platform and station building to this day.
The lines through the station were electrified under British Railways as part of the Glasgow South Bank Electrification in May 1962.
From July to August 2008, the Cathcart Circle was closed for a short period to allow for subsidence repair works near Pollokshields East railway station. During this closure, Queen's Park was, along with several other stations on the line, one of the first to receive the new Abellio ScotRail colours and signage that would replace Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and the incumbent franchise holder's branding.
Queen's Park station is now protected as a category B listed building. In 2011, part of the station was converted to house Queen's Park Railway Club, a contemporary art space.
1979
Service provision consisted of two trains per hour between Neilston and Glasgow Central, two trains per hours between Newton and Glasgow Central, two trains per hour serving the Cathcart Inner Circle and two trains per hour serving the Cathcart Outer Circle Service.
2016
Service provision consists of two trains per hour between Neilston and Glasgow Central, one train per hour between Newton and Glasgow Central, one train per hour serving the Cathcart Inner Circle and one train per hour serving the Cathcart Outer Circle Service. The Circle services do not operate on Sundays, so the overall frequency at the station drops to 3 per hour each way.