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Gilshochill
National Rail
Gilshochill railway station, Maryhill line, Glasgow, Scotland.jpg
Location Gilshochill, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates 55°53′50″N 4°16′57″W / 55.8973°N 4.2825°W / 55.8973; -4.2825
Platforms 2
Other information
Station code GSC
History
Original company British Rail
Key dates
December 1993 Opened as Lambhill
24 May 1998 Renamed Gilshochill
Traffic
Passengers (2017/18) Increase 94,734
Passengers (2018/19) Decrease 91,182
Passengers (2019/20) Decrease 71,448
Passengers (2020/21) Decrease 15,506
Passengers (2021/22) Increase 42,708

Gilshochill railway station is a railway station serving the Gilshochill, Maryhill and Cadder areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is located on the Maryhill Line, 314 miles (5 km) north west of Glasgow Queen Street. Services are provided by ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. When the station was opened by British Rail in December 1993 it was named Lambhill, being renamed Gilshochill on 24 May 1998 under Railtrack.

Services

From Monday to Saturday, there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Anniesland.

With the timetable revision starting on 18 May 2014, a limited hourly Sunday service now operates on this line between 09:30 and 19:00.

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