Merryton railway station

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Merryton

Location

Place

Larkhall

Local authority

South Lanarkshire

Operations

Station code

MEY

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2005/06 *

19,998

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

History

12 December 2005

Opened

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Merryton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Merryton railway station is a railway station in Larkhall, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.

The station was officially opened on 9 December 2005, as part of the Larkhall branch re-opened at the same time.

The station is located on the site of the previous Merryton Junction where the Caledonian Railway Coalburn Branch diverged from the CR Mid Lanark Lines.

[edit] Services

From the opening of the Larkhall Branch in December 2005, a service has operated on Monday to Saturdays to Dalmuir via Glasgow Central northbound and to Larkhall southbound every 30 minutes.

In December 2007 an hourly service (in each direction) commenced on Sundays.