Bridge Street subway station

Bridge Street
Scottish Gaelic: Sràid na Drochaid[1] Glasgow Subway
General information
Location67 Eglinton Street
Laurieston, Glasgow, G5 9NR[2]
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′06″N 4°15′31″W / 55.85167°N 4.25861°W / 55.85167; -4.25861
Operated bySPT
Platforms2 (island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingYes[2]
Bicycle facilitiesYes (bike shed and bike hire)[3]
AccessibleNo[4]
History
Opened14 December 1896
Rebuilt16 April 1980; 44 years ago (1980-04-16)
Passengers
2018Increase 0.378 million[5]
2019Steady 0.378 million[6]
2020Decrease 0.143 million[6]
2021Increase 0.187 million[6]
2022Increase 0.343 million[7]
Services
Preceding station Glasgow Subway SPT Following station
St Enoch
anticlockwise / inner circle
Glasgow Subway West Street
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]

Bridge Street subway station serves Tradeston, Laurieston and the western fringe of the Gorbals in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the main interchange between the Glasgow Subway and buses travelling to and from the south side. It is the nearest subway station for the Citizens Theatre, O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow Sheriff Court Glasgow Central Mosque, as well as the Buchanan Wharf office and residential complex.

It was opened in 1896, and briefly acted as an interchange with the adjacent Bridge Street railway station on the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway before it was closed in the early 1900s. It was comprehensively modernised in 1977–1980 along with the rest of the Subway. The station retains its original island platform configuration.

Past passenger numbers

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  • 2004/05: 0.470 million
  • 2011/12: 0.397 million annually[9]

References

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  1. ^ King, Jake (12 July 2020). "Glasgow's Gaelic Underground". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  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 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.
  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. ^ "Freedom of Information request: Subway station patronage - 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012". Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. 18 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019 – via WhatDoTheyKnow.