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Langside Scottish Gaelic:An Leathad Fada[1]
2005 view of station after removal of station building
General information
Location	Langside andNewlands,Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°49′15″N4°16′33″W / 55.8208°N 4.2759°W /55.8208; -4.2759
Grid reference	NS574609
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LGS
Fare zone	1
History
Original company	Cathcart District Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
2 April 1894	Opened asLangside[2]
5 November 1900	Signal box closed[3]
1 October 1901	Renamed asLangside and Newlands[3]
1905	Signal box reopened during morning peak[3]
23 August 1927	Signal box closed and equipment removed[3]
27 May 1962	Renamed asLangside[3]
13 August 1966	Original station building burnt down[4]
Passengers
2019/20	0.289 million
2020/21	45,730
2021/22	0.110 million
2022/23	0.141 million
2023/24	0.196 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Langside railway station is arailway station that serves theLangside andNewlands area ofGlasgow, Scotland. It is located on theCathcart Circle Line. Services are provided byScotRail. Services had previously been provided by ScotRail on behalf ofStrathclyde Passenger Transport.

The station was opened as part of the western extension of theCathcart District Railway on 2 April 1894. It consists of a singleisland platform accessed by a subway and stairs to Langside Drive at the west end, and to Earls Park Avenue (north exit) and Tannahill Road (south exit) at the east end, with a self-service ticket machine added in spring 2007. TheCathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 byBritish Railways.

Between the electrification of theWCML and the opening of the Argyle Line, trains ran Mondays to Saturdays, with two Cathcart Circle trains per hour in each direction and twoGlasgow Central toKirkhill trains per hour in each direction. Occasional peak hour trains were extended through toMotherwell via the Hamilton Circle lines.

Following the opening of the Argyle line, Kirkhill services were extended through toNewton.

The service pattern has been revised to include Sunday trains.

The service consists of one train betweenGlasgow Central andNewton in each direction every hour, seven days a week and one Cathcart Circle train in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays.

There is a higher frequency of trains in the weekday morning and evening rush hour periods.^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cathcart		ScotRail Glasgow Central - Neilston		Pollokshaws East
King's Park		ScotRail Glasgow Central - Newton
	Historical railways
Cathcart Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Cathcart District Railway		Pollokshaws East Line and station open

• 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.
• Kernahan, Jack (1980).The Cathcart Circle. Falkirk, Stirlingshire:Scottish Railway Preservation Society.ISBN 0-9043-9601-0.OCLC 85045869.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.

• Railway stations in Glasgow
• Former Caledonian Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1894
• SPT railway stations
• Railway stations served by ScotRail
• 1894 establishments in Scotland

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