Crossmyloof railway station

Crossmyloof railway station is a railway station serving the areas of Crossmyloof and Shawlands in Glasgow, Scotland, located 1 mile 60 chains (2.8 km) from Glasgow Central. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line.

Crossmyloof

Scottish Gaelic: Crois MoLiubha[1]
National Rail
Crossmyloof station, with a southbound train arriving at Platform 2
General information
LocationCrossmyloof, Glasgow City
Scotland
Coordinates55°50′02″N 4°17′05″W / 55.8338°N 4.2847°W / 55.8338; -4.2847
Grid referenceNS570624
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCMY
History
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Key dates
1 June 1888[2]Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.716 million
2019/20Increase 0.733 million
2020/21Decrease 0.214 million
2021/22Increase 0.474 million
2022/23Increase 0.617 million
Location
Crossmyloof is located in Glasgow council area
Crossmyloof
Crossmyloof
Location within the Glasgow City council area
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station was renovated in the 1990s, during which an overline station building was demolished. The overbridge (Titwood Road) was rebuilt in 2006.

On 6 October 2012, a Highland cow escaped the nearby Pollok Country Park and walked the rail line to this station, where it was captured and returned.[3]

Services edit

The station is served by trains on both the East Kilbride and Barrhead lines, with a half-hourly frequency to each (one Barrhead service per hour extends to Kilmarnock, with 1 per day extended to Dumfries). This gives the station four departures each hour to Glasgow Central, these tend to be at 10, 20, 40 and 50 minutes past the hour, give or take a couple of minutes. Evening service is generally hourly to East Kilbride and Kilmarnock and 2 trains per hour to Glasgow Central.

Sundays see a half-hourly service to East Kilbride and Glasgow Central but there is no service to Barrhead or Kilmarnock. Passengers can change at Pollokshaws West for services towards Kilmarnock and stations to Carlisle[4]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Pollokshaws West   ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
  Glasgow Central
  Historical railways  
Pollokshaws West   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
  South Side
1848 - 1877
Station closed
  Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
  Strathbungo
1877 - 1962
Line open; station closed

References edit

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 73.
  3. ^ "Crossmyloof Station". thetrainline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2017

Sources edit