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Ashfield railway station (Scotland)

Coordinates: 55°53′20″N 4°14′54″W / 55.8888°N 4.2484°W / 55.8888; -4.2484
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Ashfield

Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an Uinnsinn[1]
National Rail
Ashfield railway station, looking towards Glasgow Queen Street
General information
LocationMilton, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°53′20″N 4°14′54″W / 55.8888°N 4.2484°W / 55.8888; -4.2484
Grid referenceNS595684
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeASF
History
Original companyBritish Rail
Key dates
6 December 1993Station opened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 84,458
2019/20Decrease 66,384
2020/21Decrease 23,920
2021/22Increase 45,230
2022/23Increase 52,060
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ashfield railway station is a railway station serving the Milton and Parkhouse areas of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 2+12 miles (4 km) north of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance west of Cowlairs North Junction. It has two side platforms. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

History

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Opened in 1993 under British Rail management during the Sectorisation era introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail came into effect on 1 April 1994. It was one of five new stations to be opened as part of the Maryhill Line project, with three of them (including this one) on new sites. The line through the station is however a lot older, being opened back in 1858 by the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway and has been used since the latter end of the 19th century by West Highland Line passenger and freight trains to reach the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway main line at Cowlairs and hence Queen Street High Level.

Services

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Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Anniesland, where connections are available for North Clyde Line services.[2]

Since 18 May 2014, a limited hourly Sunday service now operates on this line – trains call between 09:30 and 19:00.

Notes

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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. ^ Table 232 National Rail timetable, May 2016

References

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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Glasgow Queen Street   ScotRail
Maryhill Line
  Possilpark & Parkhouse