Kelvinbridge subway station
Kelvinbridge subway station is a Glasgow Subway station serving the Woodlands, Woodside and Hillhead areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is named after the bridge crossing the River Kelvin, next to the station. This station is one of the two serving Kelvingrove Park, the other being Kelvinhall.
Kelvinbridge | |||||||||||
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| Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Cheilbhinn | |||||||||||
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| Location | 99 South Woodside Road Kelvinbridge, Glasgow, G4 9HG Scotland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°52′27″N 4°16′50″W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SPT | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes (bike shed and bike hire) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 14 December 1896 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 16 April 1980 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1.039 million | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 1.060 million | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 0.390 million | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 0.490 million | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 0.882 million | ||||||||||
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Passenger statistics provided are gate entries only. Information on gate exits for patronage is incomplete, and thus not included. | |||||||||||
The station – along with the rest of the Subway system – was opened in 1896 and closed for refurbishment in 1977, reopening in 1980. It retains the original island platform layout, and is by far the busiest station to retain this configuration.
The station has a car park, built on the site of the goods yard at Kelvinbridge on the Stobcross to Maryhill Central line.
The station is the deepest station on the Subway due to its close proximity to the River Kelvin - and as such the tunnels are prone to seepage in this area, necessitating pumping systems which run continuously to keep the station dry. It was originally entered through a tenement block on South Woodside Road with access to Great Western Road via an external cast iron staircase descending from the eponymous bridge. Following modernisation, a purpose-built surface-level ticket hall has offered direct access to the new main entrance on Great Western Road via a glass-enclosed escalator.
The former station entrance is now the emergency exit from today's station, the emergency exit being marked by grey doors at the bottom of the iron staircase, and "keep clear" signs.