Maryhill railway station
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Maryhill railway station is a railway station serving the Maryhill
Maryhill
Maryhill is an area of the City of Glasgow in Scotland. Maryhill is a former burgh. The population of Maryhill is about 52,000. Maryhill stretches over along Maryhill Road...

 area of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland
Scotland
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. It is located on the Maryhill Line
Maryhill Line
The Maryhill Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Anniesland via Maryhill in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network. The line between Glasgow and Maryhill forms a part of the West Highland Line and was re-opened to stopping passenger services in 1993...

, 8 km (4¾ miles) north west of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance east of Maryhill Viaduct and Maryhill Park Junction. It has two side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s. Services are provided by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...

 on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland...

.

Maryhill was previously the terminus for the eponymous line. Since 2005 the service has extended to Kelvindale
Kelvindale railway station
Kelvindale railway station is a railway station that serves the Kelvindale suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It opened on 26 September 2005. The station is 9 km north of Glasgow Queen Street on the Maryhill Line....

 and Anniesland
Anniesland railway station
Anniesland railway station is a railway station that serves the Anniesland suburb of Glasgow, Scotland.The station is served by First ScotRail as part of the SPT network....

 to connect with the North Clyde
North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by First ScotRail, on behalf of Transport Scotland...

 and Argyle Line
Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. It connects the Lanarkshire towns of Lanark, Larkhall and Motherwell to West Dunbartonshire via central Glasgow using sub-surface running...

s.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service eastbound to Glasgow Queen Street and westbound to Anniesland
Anniesland railway station
Anniesland railway station is a railway station that serves the Anniesland suburb of Glasgow, Scotland.The station is served by First ScotRail as part of the SPT network....

.

There is normally no Sunday service from the station, with the exception of the four Sundays immediately preceding Christmas
Christmas
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; on these Sundays an hourly service operates between 1000 and 1800 hours.

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