Burnside railway station

Burnside

Scottish Gaelic: Taobh an Uillt[1]
National Rail
A Class 320 EMU at Platform 1, heading to Glasgow Central
General information
LocationBurnside, South Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°49′01″N 4°12′11″W / 55.8169°N 4.2030°W / 55.8169; -4.2030
Grid referenceNS620603
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBUI
History
Original companyLanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 August 1904Opened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.273 million
2019/20Decrease 0.263 million
2020/21Decrease 30,194
2021/22Increase 0.132 million
2022/23Increase 0.182 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
View westward, towards Glasgow in 1961

Burnside railway station serves the Burnside and Blairbeth areas of the royal burgh of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines, which has been electrified since 1962 by British Railways. This is the busiest railway station on the Newton branch.

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt (1995), p. 49