Maryhill railway station

Maryhill
Maryhill station, looking east
Location
Place	Maryhill
Local authority	Glasgow
Coordinates	55°53′51″N 4°18′06″W / 55.8974°N 4.3016°WCoordinates: 55°53′51″N 4°18′06″W / 55.8974°N 4.3016°W
Grid reference	NS561695
Operations
Station code	MYH
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	26,648
2004/05	45,314
2005/06	49,322
2006/07	53,289
2007/08	55,637
2008/09	77,430
2009/10	69,134
2010/11	65,350
2011/12	80,250
2012/13	83,290
2013/14	77,256
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail
28 May 1858	Opened as Maryhill
2 October 1951	Closed to passengers
19 December 1960	Reopened as Maryhill Park
2 October 1961	Closed to regular trains
2 March 1964	Closed to passengers
6 December 1993	Reopened as Maryhill
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Maryhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Maryhill railway station is a railway station serving the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 8 km (4¾ miles) north west of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance east of Maryhill Viaduct and Maryhill Park Junction. It has two side platforms. Services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Maryhill was previously the terminus for the eponymous line when it reopened by British Rail in 1993 - the original 1858 Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway "Maryhill Park" station on the same site (also the junction for the former Kelvin Valley Railway and the Stobcross Railway to Partickhill & Queens Dock) had been closed back in October 1961 by the British Transport Commission and subsequently demolished.^[1]

Since 2005 the service has extended to Kelvindale and Anniesland to connect with the North Clyde and Argyle Lines using a reinstated section of the former Stobcross Railway line that had previously been disused since 1980 (when the signal box that formerly controlled the junction was seriously damaged by fire) and then subsequently closed & dismantled.^[2] This extension was built to remove the need for terminating services from Queen Street to run empty through to Knightswood North Junction near Westerton in order to reverse before returning to Glasgow - a process that occupied the busy junction there for several minutes whilst the driver changed ends and crossed over from one track to the other. Ending this procedure allowed more trains on the North Clyde Line to pass through the junction, freeing up paths for services from the rebuilt branch line to Larkhall on the south side of the city to run via the Argyle Line through to Milngavie.^[3]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Anniesland.^[4]

With the timetable revision starting on 18 May 2014, a limited hourly Sunday service now operates on this route.

References

1. Railscot Chronology, Glasgow, Dumbarton & Helensburgh Railway www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 14 January 2014
2. The disused & burnt out Maryhill Park Junction signal box in 1987 after removal of the junction & former Anniesland branch tracks Railscot; Retrieved 15 January 2014
3. Larkhall - Milngavie - A Resounding SuccessScotrail Media Centre Press Release 09-12-2006; Retrieved 15 January 2014
4. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 232 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Maryhill railway station from National Rail
• Railscot - Maryhill
• Video footage of Maryhill Station