Ashfield railway station

Ashfield
Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an Uinnsinn
Location
Place	Ashfield
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°53′20″N 4°14′56″W / 55.889°N 4.249°W / 55.889; -4.249Coordinates: 55°53′20″N 4°14′56″W / 55.889°N 4.249°W / 55.889; -4.249
Operations
Station code	ASF
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	29,496
2004/05	39,944
2005/06	38,735
2006/07	42,469
2007/08	43,850
2008/09	57,920
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
6 December 1993	Station opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ashfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Ashfield railway station is a railway station serving the Ashfield area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 4 km (2½ miles) north of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance west of Cowlairs North Junction. It has two side platforms. Services are provided by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

History

Opened under British Rail management during the Sectorisation era introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the Privatisation of British Railways came into effect on 1 April 1994.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Anniesland.

There is normally no Sunday service from the station, with the exception of the four Sundays immediately preceding Christmas; on these Sundays an hourly service operates between 1000 and 1800 hours.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Geograph [1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Glasgow Queen Street		First ScotRail  Maryhill Line		Possilpark and Parkhouse

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