Scotstounhill railway station

Scotstounhill railway station serves Scotstounhill in Glasgow, Scotland.[3] The station lies on the Argyle and North Clyde lines, serving the districts of Scotstoun and Knightswood, with trains to and from Glasgow Central or Queen Street stations and on into the east end.

Scotstounhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Scotstoun[1]
View from Platform 1 looking west towards Dalmuir
LocationScotstounhill, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55.8849°N 4.3524°W / 55.8849; -4.3524
Grid referenceNS529682
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSCH
History
Original companyGlasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1883[2]Opened
Passengers
2015/16 0.459 million
2016/17 0.424 million
2017/18 0.464 million
2018/19 0.459 million
2019/20 0.456 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Services

  • 2tph to Whifflet via Glasgow Central Low Level, with one through to Motherwell
  • 2tph to Cumbernauld via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
  • 4tph to Dalmuir, with 2 continuing through to Dumbarton Central

Additional services to/from Garscadden stop at peak periods. On Sundays there are 2tph to Balloch and to Glasgow Central L.L (and thence alternately to Larkhall and Motherwell via the Hamilton Circle).[4]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Jordanhill   Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
  Garscadden
Jordanhill   Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Garscadden
  Historical railways  
Anniesland   North British Railway
Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
  Yoker
Jordanhill   North British Railway
Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
 

Notes

  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. http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf
  3. Scotstounhill Station (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, Postcards Collection, 1910), The Glasgow Story
  4. Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.


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