Kinning Park subway station
Glasgow subway station
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Kinning Park subway station (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Kinning)[2] serves Kinning Park and Kinning Park Industrial Estate in Glasgow, Scotland. A bridge is currently being built across the M8 beside the station[3] but currently passengers must cross a bridge at the far side of Plantation Park to get across the motorway.
Kinning Park Pàirc Kinning | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kinning Park, Glasgow Scotland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′03″N 4°17′17″W | ||||||||||
| Operator | SPT | ||||||||||
Transit authority | SPT | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 December 1896 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 16 April 1980 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 0.655 million annually[1] | ||||||||||
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It was opened in 1896 and comprehensively modernised in 1977–1980. The station retains its original island platform configuration.
Kinning Park station is the shallowest in the Subway system.
The station is lightly used and recorded only 240,000 boardings in the 12 months ending March 2005.[4]
New ticket barriers came into operation on 10 July 2013.
Past passenger numbers
- 2004/05: 0.240 million annually
- 2011/12: 0.237 million annually[5]
Gallery
Station exterior prior to refurbishment
Platforms
Station exterior
