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 ScotRail.

Barnhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc an t-Sabhail[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationSpringburn, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°52′40″N 4°13′25″W / 55.8778°N 4.2235°W / 55.8778; -4.2235
Grid referenceNS610671
Managed byScotRail
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
2018/19Increase 91,680
2019/20Decrease 82,236
2020/21Decrease 10,424
2021/22Increase 42,560
2022/23Increase 54,494
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 was not opened until 1 October 1883, when the passenger service was extended from Alexandra Parade. Services through to Springburn were not introduced until 1887.

The Bellgrove to Springburn line was electrified by British Rail in 1960 as part of the North Clyde line scheme.[2]

Services 2023

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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 10am and 6pm, Trains dont call before or after these times on a Sunday.[3]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Springburn   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

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  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. ^ 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
  3. ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, December 2018
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