Milngavie railway station serves the town of Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow in Scotland. The station is sited 9 miles 35 chains (15.2 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.[3] The station is managed by ScotRail, who also operate all services at the station, along the North Clyde and Argyle lines.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°56′28″N 4°18′52″W / 55.9412°N 4.3145°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS555744 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | MLN[2] | ||||
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| April 1863 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.913 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 97,076 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.395 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.549 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.736 million | ||||
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Its principal purpose today is as a commuter station for people working in Glasgow city centre. The station itself is a category B listed building.[4]
History
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The station was opened in April 1863,[5][6] and was then part of the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway. Originally built with three platforms, one platform has since been removed. The land where the third platform once stood has been sold. The line was doubled in 1900,[7] but was singled again in 1990.[citation needed]
During December 2020, the 141 metre long platforms were extended to 205 metres by reinstating 39 metres of unused platform and adding a further 25 metres of new platform. The project cost £5 million.[8]
Location
editThe station is the usual access point for the 154 km (96 mi) long West Highland Way, a long-distance trail which officially starts in Milngavie town centre marked by a granite obelisk.[9] The first few hundred yards of the way follow the former railway line originally built to serve the Ellangowan Paper Mills.
Facilities
editMilngavie station has a ticket office and ticket machines, an accessible toilet, help points, a small cafe, a payphone, bike racks and benches. There is no taxi rank, but there is a car park. A pedestrian underpass links the station to the town centre, which is also pedestrianised, and the southern end of the West Highland Way long-distance footpath to Fort William. All of the station has step-free access.[10]
Passenger volume
edit| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 494,809 | 603,024 | 717,154 | 754,346 | 781,321 | 845,146 | 823,618 | 861,082 | 905,468 | 927,382 | 946,907 | 998,354 | 992,202 | 966,286 | 940,026 | 944,960 | 912,674 | 97,076 | 394,948 | 549,066 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
editOn weekdays and Saturdays, trains run every 30 minutes to Springburn, via Glasgow Queen Street (low level). In the evenings and on Sundays, trains run to Motherwell, via Hamilton Central, at the same twice-hourly frequency.[12]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Hillfoot | ScotRail Argyle Line |
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| Hillfoot | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Terminus | ||
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 137. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Railway Station, Milngavie (Category B Listed Building) (LB37852)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ Ross, David (2014). The North British Railway: A History. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-84033-647-4.
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology. The Railway and Canal Historical Society.
- ^ Smith, W A C; Anderson, Paul (1993). An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways. Caernarfon: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-871608-33-3.
- ^ "£5m Milngavie station improvement".
- ^ "West Highland Way 1: Milngavie to Drymen". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206
External links
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- Train times and station information for Milngavie railway station from National Rail