Milngavie railway station

Milngavie Scottish Gaelic: Muileann-Gaidh[1]
General information
Location	Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.9412°N 4.3145°W / 55.9412; -4.3145
Grid reference	NS555744
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MLN[2]
Key dates
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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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

Milngavie station in 1985

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

The 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

Milngavie 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

Passenger Volume at Milngavie^[11]

	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
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

On 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			Following station
Hillfoot		ScotRail Argyle Line		Terminus
Hillfoot		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Terminus

References

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. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
3. 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.
4. Historic Environment Scotland. "Railway Station, Milngavie (Category B Listed Building) (LB37852)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
5. Ross, David (2014). The North British Railway: A History. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-84033-647-4.
6. Quick, M E (2002). Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology. The Railway and Canal Historical Society.
7. Smith, W A C; Anderson, Paul (1993). An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways. Caernarfon: Irwell Press. ISBN 1-871608-33-3.
8. "£5m Milngavie station improvement".
9. "West Highland Way 1: Milngavie to Drymen". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
10. "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
11. "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
12. eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 206

External links

• Train times and station information for Milngavie railway station from National Rail