Maryhill railway station

Maryhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Màiri[1]
National Rail
Maryhill station, looking west
General information
LocationMaryhill, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°53′51″N 4°18′06″W / 55.8974°N 4.3016°W / 55.8974; -4.3016
Grid referenceNS561695
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMYH
History
Original companyGlasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
28 May 1858Opened as Maryhill
2 October 1951Closed to passengers
19 December 1960Reopened as Maryhill Park
2 October 1961Closed to regular passenger trains
2 March 1964Closed for all traffic
6 December 1993Reopened as Maryhill
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 88,678
2019/20Decrease 77,044
2020/21Decrease 12,800
2021/22Increase 44,030
2022/23Increase 60,230
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Maryhill railway station is a railway station serving the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 4+34 miles (7.6 km) northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance east of Maryhill Viaduct and Maryhill Park Junction. It has two side platforms. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

Maryhill was previously the terminus for the eponymous line when it was 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 although some workmen's trains continued until 1964 after which it was subsequently demolished.

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][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ "Remember When: 1970 - End of an era at Glasgow's Botanic Gardens". The Herald. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Maryhill Railway Station (MYH) - The ABC Railway Guide". abcrailwayguide.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  4. ^ Larkhall - Milngavie - A Resounding Success Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback MachineScotrail Media Centre Press Release 09-12-2006; Retrieved 15 January 2014