Bridgeton railway station serves the Bridgeton district of Glasgow, Scotland and is a station on the Argyle Line, 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) south east of Glasgow Central. The station is operated by ScotRail who also provide all train services.

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Bridgeton Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Drochaid[1]
Bridgeton station, looking south east towards Dalmarnock
General information
Location	Bridgeton, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55.8484°N 4.2250°W / 55.8484; -4.2250
Grid reference	NS607639
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BDG
Key dates
1 November 1895	Opened
5 October 1964	Closed
5 November 1979	Re-opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.716 million
2019/20	0.814 million
2020/21	0.273 million
2021/22	0.476 million
2022/23	0.500 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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Called Bridgeton Cross Station,^[2] it opened on 1 November 1895 when the line between Glasgow Green and Rutherglen was opened by the Glasgow Central Railway. The station became a junction with the opening of the line to Carmyle and Kirkhill on 1 February 1897. Westbound services ran to Stobcross, from where they could proceed to Possil via Maryhill Central, Partickhill and points north via the connection to the Stobcross Railway or on to the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway to Dumbarton and Balloch Central via Partick Central & Dalmuir Riverside.

In 1956 the line was re-signalled with colour light signals controlled from the re-equipped signal boxes at Bridgeton Cross Junction and Stobcross Junction. However, the station was closed along with both lines on 5 October 1964 as a result of the Beeching Axe. The tracks were subsequently lifted, but the station and tunnels were left intact.

As part of the Argyle Line project, the Rutherglen line platforms reopened as Bridgeton Station^[3] on 5 November 1979, as offering regular commuter services into Central Station (low level) and on towards the western suburbs.

In preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the station underwent substantial renovations in 2010.^[4]

• On 2 February 1929, a passenger train was diverted into the bay platform due to a signalman's error. Several people were injured when the train crashed through the buffers.^[5]