Milngavie railway station

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Milngavie

Location

Place

Milngavie

Local authority

East Dunbartonshire

Operations

Station code

MLN

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.603 million

History

28 August 1863

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 Milngavie from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Milngavie railway station serves the town of Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow in Scotland. The station is 14 km (8½ miles) north west of Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line and 14.5 km (9 miles) north west of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line.

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.^{[citation needed]} Milngavie station is generally well kept and has had a history of winning many awards and commendations for the quality of the flower baskets and tubs in station garden competitions.

The station is the usual access point for the 95-mile long West Highland Way long distance footpath which officially starts in Milngavie town centre, marked by a granite obelisk. The first few hundred yards of the way follow the line of short spur of the railway originally built to serve the Ellangowan Paper Mills.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Signalling
4 Services
5 External links

[edit] History

The station was opened on 28 August 1863, 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 and is now the site of a Kwik-Fit garage. The double track line from Hillfoot station was singled in 1990.

[edit] Facilities

Milngavie station has a ticket office, staff facilities, and disabled access. There is no taxi rank, but there is a regular bus service operating from the bus stop outside the station entrance. A pedestrian underpass links the station to the town centre, which is also pedestrianised.

[edit] Signalling

See also: Railway signalling

Milngavie signal box was situated to the south of the station, on the east side of the railway. It opened in 1900 when the line was doubled. A new lever frame with 35 levers was installed in 1959.

The signal box was closed on 21 October 1990 under a resignalling scheme that saw control of the whole North Clyde Line transferred to Yoker Signalling Centre.

[edit] Services

Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Trains to Glasgow operate on a regular schedule, with a departure once every 15 minutes on weekdays. Two trains per hour go via Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line, while the other two travel via Queen Street on the North Clyde Line. Additional trains are available during peak hours, including express services that stop at only popular stations. Services at this station are provided by Class 320, Class 334 and Class 318 electric multiple units.