St George's Cross subway station

St George's Cross subway station is a Glasgow Subway station in Glasgow, Scotland which serves the areas of Woodside and Woodlands of the city. It is located at St George's Cross, previously an important road junction but realigned due to the construction of the M8 motorway and less heavily used by traffic since then.

St. George's Cross

Scottish Gaelic: Naomh Seòras Crasg
LocationQueens Cross & Woodlands, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°52′19″N 4°16′11″W
Operated bySPT
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Other information
Fare zoneG
History
Opened1896
Rebuilt1977-1980
Passengers
20181.058 million annually[1]

The station was opened in 1896 and comprehensively modernised in 1977–1980. It still retains its original island platform configuration, though surface buildings were rebuilt prior to the 1977-1980 modernisation scheme, as part of a new road project.

This station recorded 580,000 boardings in the twelve months ending on 31 March 2005.[2]

St George's Cross is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song "The Glasgow Underground".[3]

Past passenger numbers
  • 2011/12: 0.544 million annually[4]

Notes and references
  1. "Request for some usage statistics". Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.
  2. "statistics & trends" (PDF). Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2007.
  3. "YouTube - The Glasgow Underground". Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. "Freedom of Information request: Subway station patronage - 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012". Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.
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