Bellgrove railway station
Bellgrove 
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A Class 334 Juniper leaves Bellgrove with the Bluevale and Whitevale Towers high rise flats in the distance
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| Location | |
| Place | Parkhead |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°51′24″N 4°13′26″W / 55.8567°N 4.2240°WCoordinates: 55°51′24″N 4°13′26″W / 55.8567°N 4.2240°W |
| Grid reference | NS608648 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BLG |
| 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 |
 0.504 million |
| – Interchange |
21,634 |
| 2012/13 |
0.531 million |
| – Interchange |
23,436 |
| 2013/14 |
0.580 million |
| – Interchange |
24,221 |
| 2014/15 |
0.642 million |
| – Interchange |
38,365 |
| 2015/16 |
0.692 million |
| – Interchange |
39,373 |
| History | |
| Original company | City of Glasgow Union Railway, Glasgow City and District Railway & Coatbridge Branch (NBR) |
| Pre-grouping | Glasgow and South Western Railway & North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS & LNER |
| 1 June 1871 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bellgrove from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Bellgrove Railway Station is located in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Glasgow Queen Street, and is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
The station is an island platform served by trains on the North Clyde Line, and provides an interchange between the lines to Springburn and Edinburgh Waverley.
The station is accessed from Bellgrove Street via stairs, and is approximately a mile (2 km) away from Celtic Park.
The station opened in 1871 on the North British Railways Coatbridge branch and the City of Glasgow Union Railway cross-city line from Shields Junction. The City of Glasgow Union Railway (CGUR) added a branch northwestwards to Springburn in 1875, to give access to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway main line at Cowlairs by means of running powers over the E&G Sighthill Branch, whilst the impressive terminus at Glasgow St Enoch opened a year later. Services on the Coatbridge route did not run there however, the NBR instead using a separate terminus known as College situated on the end of a short spur from the CGUR route southwest of Bellgrove. This only lasted until 1886, when the Glasgow City and District Railway was opened from Partickhill via a low level station at Queen Street to join the CGUR at High Street East Junction. This was henceforth used by all services from the Coatbridge & Airdrie direction and also by the newly inaugurated passenger services to Springburn (trains had been progressively introduced on the route prior to this, but only as far as Barnhill).
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