Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station

Possilpark and Parkhouse

Location
Place	Possilpark
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°53′24″N 4°15′28″W / 55.8901°N 4.2578°W / 55.8901; -4.2578Coordinates: 55°53′24″N 4°15′28″W / 55.8901°N 4.2578°W / 55.8901; -4.2578
Grid reference	NS588686
Operations
Station code	PPK
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	21,161
2004/05	32,808
2005/06	38,200
2006/07	60,173
2007/08	79,196
2008/09	0.107 million
2009/10	93,818
2010/11	90,310
2011/12	0.112 million
2012/13	0.124 million
2013/14	99,180
History
Original company	British Rail
2 December 1993	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Possilpark and Parkhouse from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station serves the Possilpark and Parkhouse areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 3 miles (5 km) north of Glasgow Queen Street. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

History

The station was one of five built for Maryhill Line project, which was supported by what was then the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive and completed by British Rail in December 1993. The route on which the station stands is considerably older though, being opened by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway in 1858 - this would later be used by trains from the West Highland Line to reach the main line at Cowlairs and thus reach Queen Street High Level. The GD&HR's successors the North British Railway built a station to serve Possilpark on the line in 1887, but this was located a short distance west of the present station and was closed to passengers back in January 1917 (though goods traffic continued until 1971).^[1] Services initially ran only as far as Maryhill, with the extension to Anniesland being commissioned in 2005.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Anniesland via Maryhill.^[2]

Since 18 May 2014, a limited hourly Sunday service now operates on this line (between 09:30 & 19:00).

References

↑ Railway Railscot Chronology Glasgow, Dumbarton & Helensburgh RailwayRailscot; Retrieved 2014-01-15
↑ GB National Rail Timetable May 2016 Edition, Table 232 (Network Rail)

External links

Train times and station information for Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station from National Rail
Video footage of Possilpark and Parkhouse Station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashfield		Abellio ScotRail Maryhill Line		Gilshochill

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