Jordanhill railway station

Jordanhill

Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Iòrdain[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationJordanhill, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55°52′57″N 4°19′29″W / 55.8826°N 4.3246°W / 55.8826; -4.3246
Grid referenceNS546679
Managed byScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeJOR[2]
History
Opened1 August 1887 (1887-08-01)
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 41,128
2021/22Increase 0.139 million
2022/23Increase 0.192 million
2023/24Increase 0.240 million
2024/25Increase 0.264 million
Location
Jordanhill is located in Glasgow council area
Jordanhill
Jordanhill
Location within the Glasgow City council area
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Jordanhill railway station is a side-platformed suburban railway station in the Jordanhill area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. The station, which is governed by Transport Scotland and managed by ScotRail, lies on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line.[3] It is 12 chains (0.24 km) from Hyndland West Junction and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) from Glasgow City Centre.[4] It has received international recognition for being the subject of the millionth article on the English Wikipedia.

History

Hyndland West Junction, to the east of the station. The lines diverging to the left continue to Anniesland

Early history

The station opened on 1 August 1887 as part of the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway.[5] Construction of the station structure was not completed until 1895, with modular-design wooden buildings, commonly seen on the new suburban railway lines, being built on both platforms. This is an important part of the station's history.[6] The station is located on part of the former site of brick and tile works; Jordanhill being an area of artisans and miners until the close of the nineteenth century.[7] The railway station arrived just as much of the local industry was declining, giving residents, who previously had to walk to Hillhead or Partick to find transport into Glasgow, proper access to the city centre.[8]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 15 January 1898, J. Johnstone, a member of the Whiteinch Harriers running club, was killed while attempting to run across the line west of the station. A small lead memorial stood on the spot for many years.[9]
  • The freight line saw near-disaster on 28 December 1932, when seventeen wagons laden with coal ran away on a slight incline on the sidings operated by the Great Western Steam Laundry; they ran into other wagons, derailing nine and spilling coal over the line, seriously disrupting passenger traffic.[10]
  • A serious accident occurred on 28 April 1980, when a three-coach train carrying 80 passengers from Dalmuir to Motherwell derailed at Hyndland West Junction, just after leaving Jordanhill. All the bogies on the leading coach left the rails, causing fifteen people (nine women and six men) to be injured seriously enough for them to be taken to the Western Infirmary.[11]

Plans for rebuilding

In 1998, Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPTA) undertook a study into the possible relocation of the station west to Westbrae Drive.[12] By 2004, SPT had identified this station as one of their top three priorities, and Glasgow City Council had identified it as a "main priority".[13]

An alternative proposal would keep the existing station open but with many services calling only at a new Westbrae Drive station. This proposal was backed in August 2001 by Charlie Gordon, then leader of Glasgow City Council, who said that having a second station in Jordanhill would assist students at the nearby Jordanhill campus of the University of Strathclyde.[14] The proposed new station would have been only roughly 500 yd (460 m) away. The station at Jordanhill was to be rebuilt, one of six new stations in the west of Scotland, according to an announcement made on 19 May 2006 by SPT chief executive Ron Culley.[15]

Jordanhill Station was rebuilt, but not moved, for the 2014 Commonwealth Games,[16] one of a number of stations modernised for the Commonwealth Games through a £300 million transport legacy plan.[17]

Facilities

The station has a small car park with eleven spaces and is not permanently staffed.[18] Both platforms are elevated and each has a wheelchair ramp. There is a connecting footbridge between the two platforms, as well as a ticket machine, a car park, waiting shelters and cycle spaces.[19]

Passenger volume

Passenger volume at Jordanhill per twelve month periods beginning in April[20]
Year Entries and exits
2002–2003 180,474
2004–2005 281,031
2005–2006 331,002
2006–2007 344,047
2007–2008 346,823
2008–2009 391,684
2009–2010 373,478
2010–2011 377,328
2011–2012 390,614
2012–2013 332,508
2013–2014 296,300
2014–2015 304,130
2015–2016 312,526
2016–2017 285,794
2017–2018 304,292
2018–2019 295,446
2019–2020 292,156
2020–2021 41,128
2021–2022 139,172
2022–2023 191,552

In SRA's 2002/2003 financial year, 85,861 people boarded trains at Jordanhill station, and 94,613 disembarked, making it the 1,029th busiest station in the United Kingdom, and twenty-fifth busiest on the Argyle Line in 2003.[20]

Services

As part of the Argyle Line, the station is used—along with Glasgow Central and Anderston—by those commuting to and from Central Glasgow, near the heart of its business and financial district. The typical hourly service from the station is four trains per hour to Dalmuir via Yoker (two extended to Dumbarton Central), two trains to Whifflet via Glasgow Central and two trains to Cumbernauld via Glasgow Queen Street.[21]

In 2016, the Queen Street High Level tunnel closure saw restricted services for part of the year, with frequencies dropping to half-hourly from here.[22]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hyndland   ScotRail
Argyle Line
   Scotstounhill
  ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  

Wikipedia coverage

commemorative plaque reading "On 1 March 2006 a Wikipedia entry about Jordanhill Station was hailed as the online encyclopedia's millionth English-language article."
A plaque commemorating the Wikipedia article about the station being celebrated as the millionth created on the site

On 1 March 2006 an English Wikipedia article about the station was created by Ewan Macdonald, a Wikipedian known on the site as Nach0King.[23] This article was recognised as being the millionth article created on the site.[24][25] Macdonald said that he was "delighted" to be the one who made the millionth article.[25] Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, said in a press release that he is "thrilled" that the station was the topic of the site's millionth article, saying "This is not something that would appear in a traditional encyclopedia, and it shows how Wikipedia reflects the needs and interests of people everywhere, and not just the dictates of what academics and cultural mavens claim is worthy of an encyclopedia."[24]

References

  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "SPT rail network 2006". spt.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2006.
  4. ^ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. .page. ISBN 978 1909431 26 3.
  5. ^ Angela Gawthrop. "A chronology of Glasgow's railways". Cat-flap.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  6. ^ Johnston, C.; J. R. Hume (1979). Glasgow Stations. London: Newton Abbot.
  7. ^ Campbell, W. (13 March 1932). "Jordanhill: Past & Present". The Western Leader.
  8. ^ Donnelly, Max (1987). Jordanhill – A Historical Sketch (2 ed.). Glasgow: Self-published (printed at Strathclyde University).
  9. ^ "Railways in Jordanhill". Stuart McLean. Archived from the original on 3 October 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Coal Wagons Derailed". News. The Times. No. 46328. London. 29 December 1932. col. d, p. 5.
  11. ^ "Fifteen hurt as three-coach train jumps rail". News. The Times. No. 60613. London. 29 April 1980. col. d, p. 4.
  12. ^ "SPT Publications: New stations". Archived from the original on 22 January 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  13. ^ "Faculty of Education Estate Strategy Staff Meeting at Jordanhill Campus" (PDF). 11 October 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2006. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  14. ^ MacCalman, John; Starrs, Chris (20 August 2001). "Council says campus demand justifies new £2m rail station". The Herald. p. 6. ProQuest 332888062.
  15. ^ Culley, Ron (19 May 2006). "Passengers' joy at moves to build six new train stations". The Evening Times. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2006.
  16. ^ "Railway stations to be refurbished for 2014 Commonwealth Games". BBC News. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  17. ^ Stewart, Stephen (25 February 2006). "Commonwealth Games to leave GBP300m legacy Transport plans would follow successful bid". The Herald. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2006.
  18. ^ "National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Jordanhill". nationalrail.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Jordanhill Station". ScotRail. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  20. ^ a b "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  21. ^ GB eNRT. May 2016. Table 226.
  22. ^ "Travelling from Clydebank to Glasgow? You need to know this about the train services". Glasgow Times. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  23. ^ McLean, David (28 February 2023). "The humble Glasgow building that was named as Wikipedia's one millionth article". Glasgow Live. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  24. ^ a b Simon, Matt (1 March 2012). "March 1, 2006: English Wikipedia's Millionth Entry Pulls Into the Station". Wired. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  25. ^ a b Lemon, Sumner (2 March 2006). "Millionth English article posted on Wikipedia". Computerworld. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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