Burnside railway station

Burnside railway station serves the Burnside and Blairbeth areas of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines, which has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways. This is the busiest railway station on the Newton branch.

Burnside

Scottish Gaelic: Taobh an Uillt[1]
National Rail
A Class 320 EMU at Platform 1, heading to Glasgow Central
General information
LocationBurnside, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.8169°N 4.2030°W / 55.8169; -4.2030
Grid referenceNS620603
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBUI
History
Original companyLanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 August 1904Opened[2]
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.282 million
2018/19Decrease 0.273 million
2019/20Decrease 0.263 million
2020/21Decrease 30,194
2021/22Increase 0.132 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
View westward, towards Glasgow in 1961

History

The station was opened by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 August 1904.[2] Later taken over by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping and subsequently the Scottish Region of British Railways at nationalisation in 1948. B.R electrified the line through the station in 1962, when the section beyond Neilston was closed - since that time, all services have run to/from Glasgow only, though it became possible to travel there via both sides of the Circle following track alterations in the Carthcart area carried out as part of the modernisation work.

Facilities

Access to this station is by one of two railway bridges and as a result there is no disabled access to trains from here. A single waiting room serves both platforms. The ticket office is only open on Mondays to Saturdays. Customer information screens are also available at this station. A help point is available, like on every other ScotRail station in Glasgow. Automatic announcements have recently been fitted at this station as well as all the stations on the Cathcart Circle. There is no dedicated car park, but six cycle storage places are available.[3]

Services

From 1974

Following the electrification of the West Coast Main Line by British Rail, the basic service was:

From 1979

Following the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979 by British Rail, services on the Cathcart Circle were reorganised. The basic service was:

From 2005

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Croftfoot   ScotRail
Cathcart Circle
  Kirkhill
  Historical railways  
Muirend   Caledonian Railway
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
  Kirkhill

References

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), p. 49
  3. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Burnside (South Lanarkshire)".
  4. Table 223 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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