Bellgrove railway station
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Bellgrove Railway Station is a railway station
in the East End of Glasgow
, Scotland
. The station is 1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi) east of and is managed by First ScotRail
.
The station is an island platform
served by trains on the North Clyde Line
, and is an interchange between the lines to and .
The station is off Bellgrove Street, which is accessible via stairs, and is approximately a mile (2 km) away from Celtic F.C.
's Parkhead
ground.
trains on the Springburn branch in which two people died.
Eastbound, there is a service every 15 minutes towards , half-hourly towards and hourly to .
In the evening, four trains per hour go towards Glasgow Queen Street and there is a half-hourly service to both Springburn and Edinburgh.
On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Edinburgh.
Train station
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in the East End of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. The station is 1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi) east of and is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
.
The station is an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
served by trains on the North Clyde Line
North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by First ScotRail, on behalf of Transport Scotland...
, and is an interchange between the lines to and .
The station is off Bellgrove Street, which is accessible via stairs, and is approximately a mile (2 km) away from Celtic F.C.
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
's Parkhead
Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which is the home ground of Celtic FC. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,832, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the sixth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford,...
ground.
Bellgrove rail crash
In March 1989, the station was the scene of a head-on collision between two Class 303British Rail Class 303
The British Rail Class 303 electric multiple units, also known as "Blue Train" units, were introduced in 1960 for the electrification of the North Clyde and the Cathcart Circle lines in Strathclyde...
trains on the Springburn branch in which two people died.
From 2010
Monday to Saturday daytimes, eight trains per hour (some commencing from Bellgrove) go westbound to and beyond , , etc.) on the North Clyde Line.Eastbound, there is a service every 15 minutes towards , half-hourly towards and hourly to .
In the evening, four trains per hour go towards Glasgow Queen Street and there is a half-hourly service to both Springburn and Edinburgh.
On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service westbound to Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central and eastbound to Edinburgh.