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Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland

Alexandra Parade
Scottish Gaelic: Pairèad AlexandraNational Rail
General information
LocationGlasgow Cross, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W / 55.8637; -4.2107
Grid referenceNS617655
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeAXP
Key dates
1 July 1881Opened as Alexandra Park
1 January 1917Station closed
2 June 1919Station reopened
9 July 1923Station renamed Alexandra Parade
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.393 million
2020/21Decrease 59,874
2021/22Increase 0.200 million
2022/23Increase 0.264 million
2023/24Increase 0.362 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Railways in the Parkhead area
Legend
City of Glasgow Union Railway Up arrow Up arrow The Switchback (CR)
(CoGUR) Alexandra Parade Kennyhill Goods (SB CR)
(CoGUR) Haghill Goods
(CoGUR) Duke Street Haghill Junction
(CB NBR) Camlachie Goods
Coatbridge Branch (NBR) Left arrow 
Parkhead North (CB NBR)
 Right arrow Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
Glasgow Central Railway Left arrow Parkhead Forge Siding (SB CR)
(GCR) Bridgeton Parkhead Forge Junction
London Road Goods (SB CR)
London Road Junction
(GCR) Dalmarnock Dalmarnock (SB CR)
Strathclyde Junction
(GCR) Bridgeton Goods Parkhead Stadium (GCR)
River Clyde LowerRight arrow Glasgow Central Railway
Glasgow Central Railway Down arrow
Railways
CB NBR Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
CoGUR City of Glasgow Union Railway (Joint G&SWR and NBR)
GCR Glasgow Central Railway (CR)
SB CR The Switchback (CR)

Alexandra Parade railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.

It was built as part of the City of Glasgow Union Railway which provided a link across the Clyde (between the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Shields Junction and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Sighthill Junction).

Services

On Sundays, an hourly Partick to Springburn service each way operates between 10am and 6pm.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Barnhill   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Duke Street
  Historical railways  
Garngad
Line open; Station closed
  City of Glasgow Union Railway
G&SWR and NBR
  Duke Street
Line and Station open

References

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995)
  3. Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018

Sources

External links

Media related to Alexandra Parade railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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