Anderston railway station
Anderston 
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Platforms at Anderston
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| Location | |
| Place | Anderston |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°51′35″N 4°16′13″W / 55.8598°N 4.2703°WCoordinates: 55°51′35″N 4°16′13″W / 55.8598°N 4.2703°W |
| Grid reference | NS579653 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AND |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| 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 |
 0.647 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.631 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.603 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.634 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.625 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow Central Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 10 August 1896 | Opened as Anderston Cross |
| 3 August 1959 | Station closed |
| 1968 | Station building demolished |
| 5 November 1979 | Reopened as Anderston |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Anderston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Anderston railway station serves Glasgow's Financial district of Anderston and, across the M8 motorway, the housing schemes of both Anderston West and the Blythswood Court estate of the Anderston Centre. It is also close to both the Hilton and Marriott hotels. It is a manned station with an island platform and most of it is underground.
The station was opened on 10 August 1896 by the Glasgow Central Railway which was subsequently absorbed by the Caledonian Railway. It later became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 3 August 1959.
The original building was demolished in 1968 as, like many other ornate and historical buildings in the area, it lay in the path of the M8 motorway. The station, reopened as part of the Argyle Line project on 5 November 1979 by the British Railways Board and Strathclyde PTE and retains some of the original architecture at platform level.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail under arrangement with the PTE until the Privatisation of British Rail.
Ticket barriers came into operation on 22 June 2011.
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