Kelvinbridge subway station

Kelvinbridge
Location	Kelvinbridge, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°52′27″N 4°16′50″W / 55.87417°N 4.28056°W / 55.87417; -4.28056Coordinates: 55°52′27″N 4°16′50″W / 55.87417°N 4.28056°W / 55.87417; -4.28056
Operated by	SPT
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Other information
Fare zone	G
History
Opened	14 December 1896
Rebuilt	1977–1980
Traffic
Passengers	0.921 million annually enter/exit

Kelvinbridge subway station is a Glasgow Subway station serving the Woodlands, Woodside and Hillhead areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is named after the bridge crossing the River Kelvin, next to the station. This station is one of the two serving Kelvingrove Park, the other being Kelvinhall.

The station – along with the rest of the Subway system – was opened in 1896 and closed for refurbishment in 1977, reopening in 1980. It retains the original island platform layout, and is by far the busiest station to retain this configuration.

The station has a car park, built on the site of the goods yard at Kelvinbridge on the Stobcross to Maryhill Central line.

The station is the deepest station in the network due to its close proximity to the River Kelvin, and was originally entered through a tenement block on South Woodside Road with access to Great Western Road via an external cast iron staircase descending from the eponymous bridge (shown to the right of the picture). Following modernisation, a purpose-built surface-level ticket hall has offered direct access to the new main entrance on Great Western Road via a glass-enclosed escalator (centre of picture behind the station building).

The former station entrance is now the emergency exit from today's station, the emergency exit being marked by red doors at the bottom of the iron staircase, and "keep clear" signs.