Barnhill railway station

Barnhill railway station is in Glasgow, Scotland, 3 miles (5 km) north of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail.

This article is about the station still open in Glasgow. For the closed station on the former Dundee and Forfar direct line, see Barnhill railway station (Angus). For the former station in Perth, see Barnhill railway station, Perth.
Barnhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an t-Sabhail[1]
LocationSpringburn, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55.8778°N 4.2235°W / 55.8778; -4.2235
Grid referenceNS610671
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBNL
History
Original companyCity of Glasgow Union Railway
Pre-groupingG&SWR & NBR
Post-groupingLMS & LNER
Key dates
1 October 1883Opened
Passengers
2015/16 72,362
2016/17 65,858
2017/18 68,668
2018/19 91,680
2019/20 82,236
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It was built as part of the City of Glasgow Union Railway which provided a link across the Clyde (between the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway at Shields Junction and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Sighthill Junction). The line opened to goods traffic in 1875, but the station here wasn't opened until 1 October 1883, when the passenger service was extended from Alexandra Parade.[2] Services through to Springburn weren't introduced until 1887.

The Bellgrove to Springburn line was electrified by British Rail in 1960 as part of the North Clyde line scheme.[3]

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service from Barnhill to Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (usually to Dumbarton Central via Yoker) southbound and to Springburn northbound. Connections are available at the latter for stations further east.

Sundays see an hourly service between Partick and Springburn between 9am and 8pm.[4]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Springburn   Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Alexandra Parade
  Historical railways  
Springburn
Line and Station open		   City of Glasgow Union Railway
G&SWR and NBR
   Garngad
Line open; Station closed

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. Railscot - City of Glasgow Union Railway Crawford, E Railscot; Retrieved 6 September 2016
  3. Glasgow Electric - The Story of Glasgow's New Electric Railway, p.12 Blake, George; British Rail publicity pamphlet, The Railways Archive ; Retrieved 6 September 2016
  4. Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018
  • 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.

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