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Jordanhill railway station in Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland is a station managed by First ScotRail on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line. The station is located at 55°52′57.6″N 4°19′30.4″W / 55.882667°N 4.325111°W / 55.882667; -4.325111, near the Jordanhill campus of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, and the Jordanhill grammar school. The station sits atop one of Glasgow's important western thoroughfares, Crow Road, the main route to the Clyde Tunnel.
History
The station opened on 1 August 1887 as part of the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway. It effectively filled a gap in provision, as lines in the area had already been constructed; the Whiteinch and Stobcross Railways, both opened in 1874, but no station was constructed on these lines at Jordanhill. A new link allowed services to Whiteinch Victoria Park to begin in 1897, but they ceased in 1951 and the line was closed to freight in 1967.
There was a serious accident on 28 April 1980 when a three-coach train carrying 80 passengers from Dalmuir to Motherwell derailed at the Hyndland junction just after leaving Jordanhill. All the bogies on the leading coach left the rails, causing fifteen people (nine women and six men) to be injured badly enough to be taken to hospital.
Services
As part of the Argyle Line, the station is used — along with Glasgow Central and Anderston — by those commuting to and from Central Glasgow, near the heart of its business and financial district. The typical hourly service from the station is four trains per hour to Dalmuir via Clydebank, two trains to Motherwell via Glasgow Central and two trains to Springburn via Glasgow Queen Street.
The station is entirely unstaffed, but it contains a ticket machine. There is a ramp up to both platforms and a connecting footbridge between them. The station car park has room for eleven cars, with two spaces designated for the disabled. There are bicycle racks for ten cycles. A closed circuit TV system is in operation to monitor the station.
End materials
External links
- Train times and station information for Jordanhill railway station from National Rail
- Jordanhill railway station satellite view on Google Local
- Station facilities from First Group
- RailScot: Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway
References
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Hyndland | First ScotRail |
Scotstounhill | ||