Hyndland railway station

3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) west of Glasgow Central and 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) west of Glasgow Queen Street on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. It is managed by ScotRail.

The station was opened by British Railways as part of the electrification of the North Clyde Lines on 5 November 1960. It replaced the original Hyndland station, which had been opened in 1886 on Hyndland Road near Hyndland Parish Church, then under construction. ^{[1] [2]} The original station was at the end of a short branch line from Partickhill, the junction being a little on the Partick side of the new station. ^[3] The branch was subsequently adapted for use as an EMU maintenance depot, but eventually closed in 1987. The branch has since been lifted and the site redeveloped.

The lines of the old Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway (now closed) passed under the east end of the station in a tunnel adjacent to their Crow Road station. Immediately to the west of the station is Hyndland East Junction where the Yoker and Singer (including the Milngavie branch) lines diverge.

Hyndland station is accessible from the surrounding areas of Hyndland, Broomhill and Hughenden and also serves the nearby Gartnavel General Hospital, Gartnavel Royal Hospital and Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital.

A ceramic mural called "Wonderful Trains" by the children of Hyndland Secondary School marks the station's entrance tunnel. ^[4] It was commissioned to celebrate Glasgow's year as European City of Culture in 1990. ^[5]

In 2017, a local domestic cat became associated with the station. ^{[6] [7]}

Services

Hyndland station is on a busy section of the Strathclyde rail network, served by all services on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.

Hyndland
Two Class 318s at Hyndland station
General information
Location	Hyndland, Glasgow Scotland
Coordinates	55°52′47″N4°18′52″W / 55.8796°N 4.3145°W / 55.8796; -4.3145
Grid reference	NS553675
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	HYN
Key dates
5 November 1960	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	1.692 million
Interchange	0.779 million

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Partick		ScotRail Argyle Line		Jordanhill
				Anniesland
Partick		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Jordanhill
				Anniesland

2014/15 (From 9 December 2014)

There are a total of 14 trains per hour, off-peak (daytime), in each direction. ^[8]

• 2 tph Airdrie to and from Balloch, via Singer
• 2 tph Cumbernauld to and from Dalmuir, via Yoker
• 2 tph Edinburgh Waverley to and from Milngavie (limited stop)
• 2 tph Edinburgh Waverley to and from Helensburgh Central (limited stop)
• 2 tph Larkhall to Dalmuir, via Singer
• 2 tph Dalmuir to Larkhall, via Yoker
• 2 tph Motherwell to Dalmuir, via Hamilton Central and Yoker (one of which starts back from Cumbernauld and runs via Coatbridge Central)
• 2 tph Milngavie to Motherwell, via Hamilton (alternate trains continuing to Cumbernauld)
• 2 tph Whifflet to Milngavie (alternate trains starting back from Motherwell)
• 2 tph Dalmuir to Whifflet, via Singer (alternate trains continuing to Motherwell)

In the evenings, services on the Argyle line continue to run as above, but the North Clyde line is reduced to:

• 2 tph Cumbernauld to and from Balloch, via Singer
• 2 tph Edinburgh Waverley to and from Helensburgh Central, via Yoker

On Sundays, there is a simplified service pattern in operation with half-hourly services on the following routes:

• Helensburgh Central to and from Edinburgh Waverley via Singer
• Balloch to and from Rutherglen via Yoker (services on this route then proceed alternately to Motherwell via Whifflet or to Larkhall)
• Milngavie to and from Motherwell via Hamilton.

There is no direct service to Springburn or Cumbernauld, but connections are available (once per hour) at Partick.

2016

Minor alterations were made to the weekday service pattern at the December 2015 timetable change, notably extending 2 of the Dalmuir via Yoker trains (those from Cumbernauld via Springburn) each way to Dumbarton Central and maintaining the daytime timetable on the North Clyde routes through the evening until end of service (though the Milngavie to Edinburgh service still does not run after 7pm) ^[9]

References

1. Railscot, Hyndland [1st], https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/H/Hyndland_1st/
2. House, Jack, Glasgow, Old and New, 1974 edition, p 79. ISBN 0-7158-1078-2
3. Google Maps, https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8800582,-4.3097916,602m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&entry=ttu
4. "Geograph:: Wonderful Trains mural at Hyndland railway station [50 photos] in NS553675".
5. "Geograph:: Wonderful Trains © Thomas Nugent".
6. "Rail cat purrs way into job after cuddling up to passengers". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
7. "Dedicated patrolling puss is Hyndland station's 'Cat Controller'". Glasgow Times . Retrieved 23 November 2021.
8. GB National Rail Timetable 2014-15, Tables 225 & 226 (Network Rail)
9. Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Bibliography

Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.