High Street (Glasgow) railway station

High Street (Glasgow)
Train arriving at Glasgow High Street. The campus buildings of Strathclyde University are visible at the top of the photograph.
Location
Place	Glasgow
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°51′34″N 4°14′24″W / 55.8594°N 4.2400°WCoordinates: 55°51′34″N 4°14′24″W / 55.8594°N 4.2400°W
Grid reference	NS598651
Operations
Station code	HST
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Owned by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.208 million
2004/05	0.220 million
2005/06	0.277 million
2006/07	0.276 million
2007/08	0.296 million
2008/09	0.361 million
2009/10	0.377 million
2010/11	0.407 million
2011/12	0.484 million
2012/13	0.551 million
2013/14	0.610 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow City and District Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
15 March 1866	Opened as College replacing the station on the CoGUR[1]
1 January 1914	Renamed as High Street[1][2]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at High Street (Glasgow) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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High Street Railway Station serves High Street in Glasgow, Scotland and the surrounding area. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line. It serves the eastern side of Glasgow city centre, with Strathclyde University, Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow Royal Infirmary being major institutions located nearby,

History

The first railway station in the area was College on the City of Glasgow Union Railway which closed with opening of this station in 1866.^[1] The station took its current name at the beginning of 1914.^[2]

Plans

As part of the proposed Crossrail Glasgow initiative, High Street station may be demolished and relocated.^[3]

Services

2008

There is a regular service Monday to Saturday to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Helensburgh Central etc.) on the North Clyde Line westbound and to Airdrie and Springburn eastbound.

Sundays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Airdrie.

2013

The station has half-hourly services westbound to each of Helensburgh Central (limited stop), Balloch via Singer (stopping), Milngavie and Dalmuir via Yoker (stopping) (8tph in all via Queen Street, Partick & Hyndland). Eastbound there are 6tph to Airdrie, of which 4tph continue all the way to Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate (two of these are limited stop, the others call at all intermediate stations). There is also a half-hourly service to Springburn although this has now been extended to Cumbernauld station and also now runs on a Sunday.^[4]

On Sundays there is a half-hourly service to Helensburgh via Singer westbound and Edinburgh eastbound.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 66
2. Butt (1995), page 120
3. "What will Crossrail Glasgow involve?". Retrieved 2008-02-10.
4. GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 226

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.