Hyndland railway station serves

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. The station is west of and west of

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on the Argyle and

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s. It is managed by

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. The station was opened by

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ways as part of the

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of the North Clyde Lines on 5 November 1960, replacing a nearby Hyndland (Stobcross Railway) railway station which was located at the end of a short branch line from Partickhill. This was subsequently adapted for use as an EMU maintenance depot, but eventually closed in 1987. The branch has since been lifted and the site redeveloped. The lines of the old Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway (now closed) passed under the east end of the station in a tunnel adjacent to their station. Immediately to the west of the station is Hyndland East Junction where the Yoker and Singer (including the Milngavie branch) lines diverge. Hyndland station is accessible from the surrounding areas of Hyndland, Broomhill and Hughenden and also serves the nearby

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and Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital. In 2017, a local

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became associated with the station.

Services

Hyndland station is on a busy section of the Strathclyde rail network, served by all services on the

Argyle Line The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. The line serves the commercial and shopping districts of Glasgow's central area, and connects towns from West Dunbartonshire to South Lanarkshire. Named for Glasgow's Argyl ...

and

2014/15 (From 9 December 2014)

There are a total of 14 trains per hour, off-peak (daytime), in each direction. *2 tph to and from , via *2 tph to and from , via *2 tph

Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...

to and from (limited stop) *2 tph Edinburgh Waverley to and from (limited stop) *2 tph to , via Singer *2 tph Dalmuir to Larkhall, via Yoker *2 tph to Dalmuir, via and Yoker (one of which starts back from Cumbernauld and runs via ) *2 tph Milngavie to Motherwell, via Hamilton (alternate trains continuing to Cumbernauld) *2 tph Whifflet to Milngavie (alternate trains starting back from Motherwell) *2 tph Dalmuir to Whifflet, via Singer (alternate trains continuing to Motherwell) In the evenings, services on the Argyle line continue to run as above, but the North Clyde line is reduced to: *2 tph Cumbernauld to and from Balloch, via Singer *2 tph Edinburgh Waverley to and from Helensburgh Central, via Yoker On Sundays, there is a simplified service pattern in operation with half-hourly services on the following routes: *Helensburgh Central to and from Edinburgh Waverley via Singer *Balloch to and from Rutherglen via Yoker (services on this route then proceed alternately to Motherwell via Whifflet or to Larkhall) *Milngavie to and from Motherwell via Hamilton. There is no direct service to Springburn or Cumbernauld, but connections are available (once per hour) at Partick.

2016

Minor alterations were made to the weekday service pattern at the December 2015 timetable change, notably extending 2 of the Dalmuir via Yoker trains (those from Cumbernauld via Springburn) each way to and maintaining the daytime timetable on the North Clyde routes through the evening until end of service (though the Milngavie to Edinburgh service still does not run after 7pm)

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