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Bishopbriggs railway station is a

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serving

Bishopbriggs Bishopbriggs (; ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the Glasgow city centre, city centre. Shires of Scotland, Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was once part of ...

East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire (; , ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders Glasgow City Council Area to the south, North Lanarkshire to the east, Stirling (council area), Stirling to the north, and West Dunbartonshire to the west. East ...

, Scotland. It is located on the

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, north of , but is currently only served by services on the

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History

Bishopbriggs was one of the original stations on the

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, opened in 1842. During the 1960s, the station was scheduled for closure under the

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but a local campaign managed to save it, although the original station buildings and footbridge were demolished. They were replaced by a

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ticket office and

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, as well as a new footbridge. The ticket office and waiting room was replaced with a modern glass and steel building in 2002, of a similar design to that at Croy railway station.

Present day

There is no parking with very little provided on nearby streets. Services are provided by

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, primarily using Class 170 Turbostar trains, however Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter DMU's are also used. From 2019/ 2020 Hitachi Class 385's will operate most services with a few exceptions (peak time trains to Perth for example) as electrification will only go as far as Alloa and Dunblane. During Glasgow Queen Street Tunnel works in summer 2016, trains served Glasgow Queen Street Low Level ran into Glasgow through Springburn calling additionally at Springburn and back to Bishopbriggs via Anniesland and Maryhill running non-stop. The station was briefly featured in

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's 1980 film ''

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''.

Future

Following a consultation a potential new station with

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facilities at Westerhill, (West end of the old

Cadder Yard Cadder Yard is the railway yard situated between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (E&G). Cadder is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs. It was a hump shunting yard built by the North British Railway (NBR) in Octo ...

) has been identified. In April 2015, the proposed Local Development Plan for Bishopbriggs and Torrance included a proposal for a new station at Westerhill, west of Bishopbriggs station, attached to the new Bishopbriggs Relief Road. In February 2017, the published Local Development Plan for Kirkintilloch and Twechar included a marker for a potential railway station in the same location.

Services

2006/07

* Mondays to Saturdays: there was generally a half-hour service southbound from Platform 2 to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound services from Platform 1 terminating alternately at

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or going onwards to . Change at Croy for Edinburgh or at Stirling for Alloa, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen. *Sundays: there was an hourly service in each direction.

From May 2008

* Mondays to Saturdays: There is generally a half-hour service southbound from Platform 2 to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound from Platform 1 to

with alternate services going onwards to and , as a result of the completion of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link. *Sundays: There is an hourly service in each direction to Glasgow and Alloa.

2017

*Monday - Friday there is usually a half hourly service to both Glasgow Queen Street and Stirling, with one train an hour running from Stirling to Alloa and most other service extending to Dunblane calling at Bridge of Allan. There are a couple of peak services which extend beyond Dunblane to Perth and Dundee. *Saturday, the same as Monday - Friday but with no peak extras *Sunday, an hourly train to Glasgow Queen Street in one direction and Alloa in the other, Alloa service call at Lenzie, Croy, Larbert and Stirling

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* * * {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in East Dunbartonshire SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1842 Former North British Railway stations Bishopbriggs 1842 establishments in Scotland