Merryton railway station

Merryton National Rail
Location
Place Larkhall
Local authority South Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°44′56″N 3°58′39″W / 55.7489°N 3.9775°W / 55.7489; -3.9775Coordinates: 55°44′56″N 3°58′39″W / 55.7489°N 3.9775°W / 55.7489; -3.9775
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*
2005/06   19,998
2006/07 Increase 81,114
2007/08 Increase 97,588
2008/09 Increase 99,524
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.
UK Railways portal
Partick bound train entering station with car park behind

Merryton railway station is a railway station in Larkhall, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.

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 National Rail Following station
Larkhall   Abellio ScotRail
Argyle Line
   Chatelherault

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/MEY.aspx
  2. ↑ Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources


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