King’s Park railway station
King's Park railway station is a railway station serving the King's Park and Simshill areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Newton branch of the Cathcart Circle Line, which was electrified by British Railways in 1962.Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in King’s Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “KGP”, “King’s Park Railway Station”, “King’s Park Station”, and “Kings Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hampden Park and Scottish Football Museum.
Hampden Park
Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hampden Park, currently known as Barclays Hampden for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team. Hampden Park is situated 2,500 feet northwest of King’s Park railway station.
Scottish Football Museum
Museum
The Scottish Football Museum is Scotland’s national museum of association football, located in Hampden Park in Glasgow. The museum was established in 1994 being first located in a small section of Glasgow’s Museum of Transport. Scottish Football Museum is situated 2,300 feet northwest of King’s Park railway station.
Cathcart railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cathcart railway station is a railway station serving the Cathcart area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, 3.7 miles south of Glasgow Central. Cathcart railway station is situated 3,000 feet west of King’s Park railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King’s Park and Simshill.
King’s Park
Suburb
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King's Park is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde and borders the Glasgow areas of Croftfoot, Cathcart, Simshill, Mount Florida and Toryglen and the neighbourhood of Bankhead in the adjoining town of Rutherglen.
Simshill
Suburb
Simshill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the South Side of the city, approximately 3.7 miles south of the city centre. Adjacent areas are Cathcart, King's Park, Croftfoot and Castlemilk.
Croftfoot
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croftfoot is a residential area on the southeastern side of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is bordered by Castlemilk to the south and King's Park to the west within Glasgow, and by the Rutherglen areas of Spittal to the east and Bankhead to the north.
King’s Park railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.81951° or 55° 49′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.24628° or 4° 14′ 47″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“KGP”Open location code
9C7QRQ93+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 30564108OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“King’s Park railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station King’s Park”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كينجس پارك”
- French: “gare de King’s Park”
- French: “King’s Park”
- Japanese: “キングス・パーク駅”
- Urdu: “کنگز پارک ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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