West Street subway station

West Street
Scottish Gaelic: Sràid an Iar[1] Glasgow Subway
General information
Location281 West Street
Tradeston, Glasgow, G5 8NB[2]
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′00″N 4°15′55″W / 55.85000°N 4.26528°W / 55.85000; -4.26528
Operated bySPT
Platforms2 (island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingNo[2]
Bicycle facilitiesNo[3]
AccessibleNo[4]
History
Opened14 December 1896
Rebuilt16 April 1980; 44 years ago (1980-04-16)
Passengers
2018Increase 96,250[5]
2019Increase 104,709[6]
2020Decrease 44,875[6]
2021Increase 56,575[6]
2022Increase 78,753[7]
Services
Preceding station Glasgow Subway SPT Following station
Bridge Street
anticlockwise / inner circle
 Glasgow Subway Shields Road
clockwise / outer circle
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics provided are gate entries only. Information on gate exits for patronage is incomplete, and thus not included.[8]

West Street subway station on the Glasgow Subway network serves the Tradeston and Kingston areas of Glasgow, Scotland.

Left in an isolated industrial area by post-war reconstruction, it is the least busy station on the network with just 150,000 boardings in the 12 months to 31 March 2005 and under 100,000 by 2012.[9]

West Street was initially one of the Glasgow Park and Ride stations. However, on 16 February 2008,[10] the car park was closed as part of the M74 construction enabling works. The east part of the large car park for Shields Road station is closer to West Street than Shields Road, but most passengers are travelling to the city centre so choose Shields Road, the earlier stop of the two in that direction, as they would be more likely to get a seat for their journey than at West Street.

The station will become a major interchange if the Glasgow Crossrail is given the green light.

West Street is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song The Glasgow Underground.[11]

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  2. ^ a b "Maps & stations". spt.co.uk. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Bike parking facilities". spt.co.uk. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Accessibility & mobility". spt.co.uk. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Request for some usage statistics". Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.
  6. ^ a b c "Station usage statistics" (PDF). Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 20 July 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.
  7. ^ "Request for annual Subway station patronage 2022". 22 February 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Freedom of Information Request: Subway Station Usage Statistics" (PDF). Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 3 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference foi2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Subway car park axed to build M74 missing link". Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  11. ^ "YouTube - The Glasgow Underground". YouTube. 22 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2015.