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.
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Location | Glasgow Cross, Glasgow Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W |
Grid reference | NS617655 |
Managed by | ScotRail |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | AXP |
Key dates | |
1 July 1881 | Opened as Alexandra Park[2] |
1 January 1917 | Station closed[2] |
2 June 1919 | Station reopened[2] |
9 July 1923 | Station renamed Alexandra Parade[2] |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.419 million |
2019/20 | 0.393 million |
2020/21 | 59,874 |
2021/22 | 0.200 million |
2022/23 | 0.264 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
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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).
On Sundays, an hourly Partick to Springburn service each way operates between 10am and 6pm.[3]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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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 |
Media related to Alexandra Parade railway station at Wikimedia Commons