Kinning Park subway station

Glasgow subway station
55°51′03″N 4°17′17″W / 55.85083°N 4.28806°W / 55.85083; -4.28806Operated bySPTPlatforms2ConstructionStructure typeundergroundAccessibleNoOther informationFare zoneGHistoryOpened14 December 1896Rebuilt16 April 1980; 44 years ago (1980-04-16)Passengers20180.655 million annually[1] Services
Preceding station Glasgow Subway SPT Following station
Shields Road
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Glasgow Subway Cessnock
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Kinning Park subway station serves the Kinning Park area of Glasgow, Scotland. However, to reach Kinning Park, a footbridge is provided across the M8.

It was opened in 1896 and comprehensively modernised in 1977–1980. The station retains its original island platform configuration.

Kinning Park station is the shallowest in the Subway system.

The station is lightly used and recorded only 240,000 boardings in the 12 months ending March 2005.[2]

New ticket barriers came into operation on 10 July 2013.

Past passenger numbers

  • 2004/05: 0.240 million annually
  • 2011/12: 0.237 million annually[3]

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. ^ SPT stats 2005
  3. ^ "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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