Merryton railway station
Merryton railway station is a railway station in Larkhall, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.
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| Location | |
| Place | Larkhall |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55.7489°N 3.9775°W |
| Grid reference | NS759523 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MEY |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| 12 December 2005 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Merryton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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The station was officially opened on 9 December 2005, as part of the Larkhall branch re-opened at the same time.
The station is located on the CR Mid Lanark Lines just south of the site of the previous Merryton Junction where the Caledonian Railway Coalburn Branch diverged from the CR Mid Lanark Lines.
Facilities
The station has a car park but is not permanently staffed.[1]
Services
From the opening of the Larkhall Branch in December 2005, a service has operated on Monday to Saturdays to Dalmuir via Glasgow Central northbound and to Larkhall southbound every 30 minutes. In the May 2016 timetable, this now runs to Milngavie in the northbound direction but still originates from Dalmuir going south.[2]
In December 2007 an hourly service (in each direction) commenced on Sundays. This runs to Larkhall and to Balloch via Clydebank.
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
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| Larkhall | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Chatelherault | ||
References
- http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/MEY.aspx
- Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- RAILSCOT on Coalburn Branch
- RAILSCOT on Merryton Junction
- New Link for Larkhall opens - BBC News Scotland website