Bishopbriggs railway station

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3+14 miles (5.2 km) north of Glasgow Queen Street, but is currently only served by services on the Croy Line.

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Bishopbriggs

Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid an Easbaig [1]
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The station in 2017
General information
Location Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°54′14″N4°13′30″W / 55.9038°N 4.2249°W / 55.9038; -4.2249
Grid reference NS610701
Managed by ScotRail
Transit authority SPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBBG
History
Original company Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
21 February 1842 [2] Opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.772 million

Bishopbriggs was one of the original stations on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, opened in 1842. During the 1960s, the station was scheduled for closure under the Beeching Axe but a local campaign managed to save it, although the original station buildings and footbridge were demolished. They were replaced by a modular ticket office and waiting room, as well as a new footbridge. The ticket office and waiting room was replaced with a modern glass and steel building in 2002, of a similar design to that at Croy railway station.

Present day

There is no parking with very little provided on nearby streets.

Services are provided by ScotRail, primarily using Class 170 Turbostar trains, however Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter DMU's are also used. From 2019/ 2020 Hitachi Class 385's will operate most services with a few exceptions (peak time trains to Perth for example) as electrification will only go as far as Alloa and Dunblane.

During Glasgow Queen Street Tunnel works in summer 2016, trains served Glasgow Queen Street Low Level ran into Glasgow through Springburn calling additionally at Springburn and back to Bishopbriggs via Anniesland and Maryhill running non-stop.

The station was briefly featured in Bill Forsyth's 1980 film That Sinking Feeling .

Future

Following a consultation [3] a potential new station with Park and Ride facilities at Westerhill, (West end of the old Cadder Yard) has been identified.

In April 2015, the proposed Local Development Plan for Bishopbriggs and Torrance [4] included a proposal for a new station at Westerhill, 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Bishopbriggs station, attached to the new Bishopbriggs Relief Road.

In February 2017, the published Local Development Plan for Kirkintilloch and Twechar [5] included a marker for a potential railway station in the same location.

Services

2006/07

Change at Croy for Edinburgh or at Stirling for Alloa, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen.

From May 2008

2017

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Lenzie   ScotRail
Croy Line
  Glasgow Queen Street
Lenzie   ScotRail
Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line
  Glasgow Queen Street
 Historical railways 
Kirkintilloch (E&GR)
Line open, station closed
or

Lenzie
Line and station open
  North British Railway
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
  Cowlairs
Line open, station closed

References

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), Page 35.
  3. "East Dunbartonshire Part 2 Transport Appraisal – Kirkintilloch/LenzieBishopbriggs-Glasgow Corridor Study". March 2015.
  4. "Local Development Plan Proposed Plan: Bishopbriggs and Torrance". April 2015.
  5. "Local Development Plan Kirkintilloch and Twechar". February 2017.
  6. Table 230 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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