Crossmyloof railway station is a railway station serving the areas of Crossmyloof and Shawlands in Glasgow, Scotland, located 1 mile 60 chains (2.8 km) from Glasgow Central. The station is managed by 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 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Crossmyloof, Glasgow City Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°50′02″N 4°17′05″W / 55.8338°N 4.2847°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS570624 | ||||
| Managed by | 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 | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.716 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.733 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.214 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.474 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.617 million | ||||
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The station was renovated in the 1990s, during which an overline station building was demolished. The overbridge (Titwood Road) was rebuilt in 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 (one Barrhead service per hour extends to Kilmarnock, with 1 per day extended to Dumfries). 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.Evening service is generally hourly to East Kilbride and Kilmarnock and 2 trains per hour to Glasgow Central.
Sundays see a half-hourly service to East Kilbride and Glasgow Central but there is no service to Barrhead or Kilmarnock.Passengers can change at Pollokshaws West for services towards Kilmarnock and stations to Carlisle[4]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Pollokshaws West | 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
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. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
