Alexandra Parade | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Pairèad Alexandra | |
Location | |
Place | Glasgow Cross |
Local authority | Glasgow |
Coordinates | 55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°WCoordinates: 55°51′49″N 4°12′39″W / 55.8637°N 4.2107°W |
Grid reference | NS617655 |
Operations | |
Station code | AXP |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 0.182 million |
2012/13 | 0.193 million |
2013/14 | 0.246 million |
2014/15 | 0.272 million |
2015/16 | 0.312 million |
History | |
1 July 1881 | Opened as Alexandra Park |
1 January 1917 | Station closed |
2 June 1919 | Station reopened |
9 July 1923 | Station renamed Alexandra Parade |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Alexandra Parade from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
This station was once named Alexandra Park: for a guide to the various stations of that name see .
Railways:
Alexandra Parade railway station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1¾ miles (3 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line (Springburn branch). The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
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 Cumbernauld service each way operates between 9am and 8pm.