Cardonald railway station

Coordinates: 55°51′09″N 4°20′22″W / 55.8526°N 4.3395°W / 55.8526; -4.3395
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Cardonald

Scottish Gaelic: Cair Dhòmhnaill[1]
National Rail
Looking east towards Glasgow Central in 2008, before installation of a third track between the existing two.
General information
LocationCardonald, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′09″N 4°20′22″W / 55.8526°N 4.3395°W / 55.8526; -4.3395
Grid referenceNS535646
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCDO
Key dates
1 July 1843Opened as Moss Road
1845Closed
1 October 1879Reopened and renamed Cardonald
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.251 million
2019/20Decrease 0.240 million
2020/21Decrease 0.123 million
2021/22Increase 0.167 million
2022/23Increase 0.182 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cardonald railway station is located in the Cardonald district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving parts of the Drumoyne neighbourhood located on the opposite side of the M8 motorway which runs adjacent to the railway. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.

History[edit]

The station opened on 1 July 1843 as Moss Road and closed in 1845.[2] The station was reopened and renamed Cardonald on 1 October 1879.[2]

On 24 March 2008, a woman was hit by a train at Cardonald. She later died of her injuries.[3]

Services[edit]

The evening service is:

There is an hourly service each way on Sundays to Glasgow & Gourock.[4]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt, page 164
  3. ^ "Train hits woman on station track". BBC News website. BBC. 24 March 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  4. ^ Table 219 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References[edit]

  • 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. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

External links[edit]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hillington East   ScotRail
Inverclyde Line
  Glasgow Central
  Historical railways  
Deanside
Line and station closed
  Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway
  Connection with G&PJR
Paisley Gilmour Street   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway (Govan Branch)
  Govan
Line and station closed
  Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
  Ibrox
Line open; station closed