Crossmyloof railway station
Crossmyloof railway station is a railway station serving the area of Crossmyloof in Glasgow, Scotland, located 1 mile 60 chains (2.8 km) from Glasgow Central. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line.
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 Crossmyloof station, with a southbound train arriving at Platform 2 | |
| Location | Crossmyloof, City of Glasgow Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.8338°N 4.2847°W |
| Grid reference | NS570624 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CMY |
| History | |
| Original company | Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 June 1888[2] | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.675 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.689 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.729 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.716 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.733 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The overline station building was removed during the late 1990s. The overbridge (Titwood Road) was rebuilt during 2006.
On 6 October 2012, a Highland cow escaped the nearby Pollok Country Park and walked the rail line to this station, where it was captured and returned.[3]
Services
The station is served by trains on both the East Kilbride and Barrhead lines, with a half-hourly frequency to each (hourly to Barrhead in the evenings). This gives the station four departures each hour to Glasgow Central, these tend to be at 10, 20, 40 and 50 minutes past the hour, give or take a couple of minutes.
Sundays see a half-hourly service to East Kilbride and Glasgow Central but there is no service to Barrhead.[4]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Pollokshaws West | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line |
Glasgow Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Pollokshaws West | Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
South Side 1848 - 1877 Station closed | ||
| Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway |
Strathbungo 1877 - 1962 Line open; station closed | |||
References
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 73.
- "Crossmyloof Station". www.thetrainline.com. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2017
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
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