Cardonald railway station

Cardonald railway station is located in the Cardonald district of Glasgow, Scotland, also serving parts of the Drumoyne neighbourhood located on the opposite side of the M8 motorway which runs adjacent to the railway. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.

Cardonald Scottish Gaelic: Cair Dhòmhnaill
Cardonald railway station
General information
Location	Cardonald, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8526°N 4.3395°W / 55.8526; -4.3395
Grid reference	NS535646
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	CDO
Fare zone	1
Key dates
1 July 1843	Opened as Moss Road
1845	Closed
1 October 1879	Reopened and renamed Cardonald
Passengers
2020/21	0.123 million
2021/22	0.167 million
2022/23	0.182 million
2023/24	0.214 million
2024/25	0.223 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The station opened on 1 July 1843 as Moss Road and closed in 1845. The station was reopened and renamed Cardonald on 1 October 1879.

On 24 March 2008, a woman was hit by a train at Cardonald. She later died of her injuries.

Services

A Class 385 at the station

• 2tph to Glasgow Central
• 2tph to Gourock

The evening service is:

• 1tph to Wemyss Bay
• 1tph to Gourock
• 2tph to Glasgow Central

There is an hourly service each way on Sundays to Glasgow & Gourock.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hillington East		ScotRail Inverclyde Line		Glasgow Central
	Historical railways
Deanside Line and station closed		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Renfrew District Railway		Connection with G&PJR
Paisley Gilmour Street		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway (Govan Branch)		Govan Line and station closed
		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway		Ibrox Line open; station closed

References

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

External links

• Train times and station information for Cardonald railway station from National Rail