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The Jordanhill railway station is a railway station in Jordanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. The station, codenamed JOR, is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line. It is located near the Jordanhill Campus of the University of Strathclyde and the Jordanhill School.The station sits atop Crow Road, an important western thoroughfare in Glasgow, and the main route to the Clyde Tunnel.

History

The station opened on 1 August 1887 as part of the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway. Construction of the station architecture was not completed until 1895, with modular-design wooden buildings - commonly seen on the new suburban railway lines - being built on both platforms. The station is located on part of the former site of brick and tile works, Jordanhill being an area of artisans and miners until the close of the 19th century. The railway station arrived as much of the local industry declined, giving residents (who previously had to walk to Hillhead or Partick to find transport into Glasgow proper) access to the city centre.

The rail-totem formerly displayed at Jordanhill Station.

The station's opening 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 link was closed to freight in 1967.The route of the link has been converted into a nature walk from Victoria Park to Jordanhill station, running alongside the existing line for approximately half its length.

On 15 January 1898, J. Johnstone was killed while attempting to run across the line west of the station. The freight line saw near-disaster on 28 December 1932 when seventeen wagons laden with coal ran away on a slight incline on the sidings operated by the Great Western Steam Laundry; they ran into other wagons, derailing nine and spilling coal over the line.

A serious accident occurred 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 seriously enough for them to be taken to a hospital.

In 1998, Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT) undertook a study into the possible relocation of the station west to Westbrae Drive. A December 2002 report from the Scottish Executive included this station as part of their High Resource Scenario, estimating the project cost at approximately £2 million ($US 3.5 million). By 2004, SPT had identified this station as one of their top three priorities, and Glasgow City Council had identified it as a "main priority".

An alternative proposal would keep the existing station open, but with many services calling only at a new Westbrae Drive station. This proposal was backed in August 2001 by Charlie Gordon, the then leader of Glasgow City Council, who said that having a second station in Jordanhill would assist students at the nearby Jordanhill campus of University of Strathclyde. The proposed new station would have been only roughly 500 yards (460 m) away.

If Glasgow has a successful bid for the Commonwealth Games, Jordanhill Station would be among those rebuilt, through a GBP300 million transport legacy plan.

On 2 March 2006 this station received world wide publicity as being the subject of the one millionth Misplaced Pages article.

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 no longer has a staffed ticket counter, 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 racks for ten bicycles. A closed circuit television system was introduced in 2002 to monitor the station.