Shettleston railway station

Shettleston
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna
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Location
Place	Shettleston
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS648643
Operations
Station code	SLS
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.562 million
2005/06	0.645 million
2006/07	0.525 million
2007/08	0.568 million
2008/09	0.625 million
2009/10	0.621 million
2010/11	0.613 million
2011/12	0.682 million
2012/13	0.704 million
2013/14	0.674 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Zone	G6
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1 February 1871	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shettleston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Shettleston railway station serves the Shettleston area of Glasgow, Scotland and is 3½ miles (5 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail.

History

Shettleston was opened on 1 February 1871 when the Coatbridge Branch of the North British Railway opened. In 1877, the station became a junction with the opening of the Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway with the commencement of freight services to Bothwell on 1 November 1877 and passenger services on 1 April 1878.

In 2010, Shettleston station received bilingual name boards, in English and Gaelic, the Gaelic reading "Baile Nighean Sheadna". Shettleston station facilities include a ticket office, ticket vending machine, waiting shelter, footbridge, clock, train information displays and seating. The station has two platforms. There is also a car park and a cycle parking stand.

In 2011, work commenced on a replacement footbridge, due to the poor condition of the existing one.

Services

From Shettleston, Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a train every 15 minutes towards Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Balloch/Helensburgh Central) westbound and Airdrie/Edinburgh Waverley) eastbound. Evenings and Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Garrowhill		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Carntyne
	Historical railways
Garrowhill		North British Railway Coatbridge Branch (NBR)		Carntyne
Mount Vernon North		North British Railway Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway		Terminus