Cathcart railway station
Cathcart 
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| Location | |
| Place | Cathcart |
| Local authority | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°49′04″N 4°15′38″W / 55.81764°N 4.26056°WCoordinates: 55°49′04″N 4°15′38″W / 55.81764°N 4.26056°W |
| Grid reference | NS584605 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CCT |
| 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 |
 0.527 million |
| – Interchange |
 1,491 |
| 2012/13 |
0.534 million |
| – Interchange |
1,690 |
| 2013/14 |
0.543 million |
| – Interchange |
1,326 |
| 2014/15 |
0.574 million |
| – Interchange |
1,615 |
| 2015/16 |
0.587 million |
| – Interchange |
1,390 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
| History | |
| Original company | Cathcart District Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 25 May 1886 | Original terminus station opened to the north of the White Cart River |
| 18 March 1894 | Original terminus closed |
| 19 March 1894 | New through station opened to the south of the White Cart River |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cathcart from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Cathcart railway station is a railway station serving the Cathcart area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, 3.7 miles (6 km) south of Glasgow Central (via Queens Park). Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
The station here was opened on 19 March 1894, shortly before the commissioning of the western side of the Cathcart Circle Lines on 2 April that year. It replaced an earlier temporary station opened in 1886, which served as the terminus of the line from Glasgow via Queens Park. The Caledonian Railway-backed Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway extension from Giffen to Newton was subsequently opened in 1904, which passed a short distance to the south of the station but was linked to it by a spur, which allowed through running from the Neilston direction towards Glasgow Central (and vice versa). The station could then be served by local trains between Neilston & Uplawmoor and Glasgow Central as well as those in both directions around the Circle.
Train services were progressively dieselised from 1958, prior to being electrified in May 1962 (using the 25kV A.C system). As part of the electrification scheme, the track layout to the south was altered so that through running from the western side of the Circle towards Newton was possible, though these trains still could not call at Cathcart station itself. Services were henceforth operated by Class 303 Electric Multiple Units, with the similar Class 311 sets also appearing. These were eventually withdrawn from service in 2002 and replaced by Class 314 units, which are now used on most trains (though Class 318 & Class 334 sets also appear periodically).
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