Shettleston railway station

Shettleston railway station serves the Shettleston area of Glasgow, Scotland and is 3½ miles (5 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by ScotRail.

Shettleston

Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationShettleston, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′13″N 4°09′36″W / 55.8536°N 4.1599°W / 55.8536; -4.1599
Grid referenceNS648643
Managed byScotRail
Transit authorityStrathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSLS
Fare zoneG6
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 February 1871Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.672 million
2019/20Decrease 0.637 million
2020/21Decrease 0.115 million
2021/22Increase 0.368 million
2022/23Increase 0.474 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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Shettleston was opened on 1 February 1871[2][3] when the Coatbridge Branch of the North British Railway opened. In 1877, the station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway with the commencement of freight services to Bothwell on 1 November 1877 and passenger services on 1 April 1878. The line closed to passenger traffic in July 1955 and completely in 1961 (except for a short section to Mount Vernon that survived for a further four years).

In 2010, Shettleston station received bilingual name boards, in English and Gaelic, the Gaelic reading "Baile Nighean Sheadna". Shettleston station facilities include a ticket office, ticket vending machine, waiting shelter, footbridge, clock, train information displays and seating. The station has two platforms. There is also a car park and a cycle parking stand.

In 2011, the footbridge was replaced - like many others on the North Clyde Line the previous structure had been built as part of the 1959 electrification and was in very poor structural condition.

Services

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Monday to Saturday daytimes:[4]

  • Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley (As of August 2016 this service no longer calls at Garrowhill, Easterhouse, Blairhill and Coatdyke. Passengers for these stations should use the half-hourly service towards Airdrie from Balloch instead.)
  • Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
  • Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
  • Half-hourly service towards Milngavie via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level

Evening services are as follows:

  • Half-hourly service towards Airdrie via all stations
  • Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level

Sunday services are as follows:

  • Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
  • Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central
Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Garrowhill   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Carntyne
Coatbridge Sunnyside    
  Historical railways  
Garrowhill   North British Railway
Coatbridge Branch (NBR)
  Carntyne
Mount Vernon North   North British Railway
Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway
  Terminus

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 210
  3. ^ Shettleston Station (Glasgow City Archives, Deposited Collections, 1920s), The Glasgow Story
  4. ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
  • 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.