Partick station

Partick

Partaig[1]
National Rail
Glasgow Subway
Main entrance on Merkland Street
General information
LocationPartick, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°52′11″N 4°18′33″W / 55.8698°N 4.3092°W / 55.8698; -4.3092
Grid referenceNS555664
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2 ScotRail and 2 Glasgow Subway
Bus stands6
ConnectionsBicycle facilities National Cycle Route 7
Construction
Bicycle facilities144 bike shed spaces[2][3]
AccessibleStep-free access
Other information
Station codePTK
Fare zoneG2
History
Opened17 December 1979; 44 years ago (1979-12-17)[4]
Original companyBritish Railways
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 2.944 million
 Interchange Increase 0.491 million
2019/20Decrease 2.935 million
 Interchange Increase 0.503 million
2020/21Decrease 0.634 million
 Interchange Decrease 65,782
2021/22Increase 1.665 million
 Interchange Increase 0.175 million
2022/23Increase 2.103 million
 Interchange Increase 0.231 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road. Station usage figures saw a large decrease in 2020/21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Passengers join a westbound service
Statue of Bud Neill's G.I. Bride character (and baby Ned) from his Lobey Dosser cartoon series, erected in Partick station in 2011 to commemorate her determined efforts to thumb a lift from the fictional Calton Creek in Arizona back to Partick.[5]

Partick (Scottish Gaelic: Partaig) is combined National Rail and Glasgow Subway station in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland. Along with the adjacent bus station, it forms one of the main transport hubs in Glasgow. As of 2022, it was the fifth-busiest station in Scotland,[6] but was overtaken in 2023.[7] The station is served by Glasgow Subway and ScotRail services and was one of the first to receive bilingual English and Gaelic signs, due to the significant Gaelic-speaking population in the surrounding Partick area.[8]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ "Bike parking facilities". spt.co.uk. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ Mullen, Stacey (15 March 2018). "Do you ride a bike and use the train? Partick gets more parking spaces for cyclists". Glasgow Times. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. ^ Butt (1995), page 181
  5. ^ "Home at last! - Corporate Information - Strathclyde Partnership for Transport". SPT. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Scotland's busiest and quietest train stations revealed". STV News. 24 November 2022. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  7. ^ "ORR Station Usage Statistics 2022/23" (PDF).
  8. ^ "The Gaels In Glasgow". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.