Maryhill Line

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Maryhill Line
A Class 156 at Anniesland, the outer terminus of the Maryhill Line
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Glasgow Scotland
Stations	7
Service
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	ScotRail
Rolling stock	Class 156, Class 158, Class 170
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Argyle Line & North Clyde Line Anniesland Argyle Line & North Clyde Line to Westerton Kelvindale Maryhill Kelvin Valley Railway Summerston Gilshochill Lochburn Dunbartonshire Railway Possilpark Possilpark and Parkhouse Ashfield Glasgow–Aberdeen, Highland Main & Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk lines Cumbernauld Line Cowlairs Buchanan Street Extension Buchanan Street Glasgow Queen Street North Clyde Line

The Maryhill Line is a suburban

• Glasgow Queen Street
• Ashfield
• Possilpark and Parkhouse
• Gilshochill
• Summerston
• Maryhill
• Kelvindale
• Anniesland

The Maryhill line runs on the formations of the following historic railways:

• Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between Glasgow Queen Street and Cowlairs Junction
• Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway between Cowlairs Junction and Maryhill Park Junction
• Stobcross Railway between Maryhill Park Junction and Anniesland

Maryhill Line services connect with the Argyle and North Clyde Lines at Anniesland station, where the branch terminates in a bay platform built as part of the extension from Maryhill. Prior to 2005, trains terminating at Maryhill had to proceed empty to Knightswood North Junction (near Westerton, where the route joins the North Clyde suburban network) to reverse and change lines before returning to Glasgow. This procedure took several minutes (whilst the driver changed ends) and consequently restricted capacity at the busy junction – diverting the service to Anniesland freed up additional paths on the North Clyde route through there and allowed more trains to run between the south side of the city and the Milngavie branch. The connection from Maryhill junction to Westerton is used by Oban and Mallaig trains.

In 2015, a connection was installed between the Maryhill Line and the Glasgow-bound North Clyde Line at Anniesland, to act as a diversionary route into Glasgow Queen Street from Edinburgh and the North.^[2]

The line is not electrified, though there have been calls from various bodies and Glasgow MSPs to do so in recent years (as it is one of the few routes not included in plans for the future upgrading of the network on the north side of Glasgow).^[3] Passenger services are operated by ScotRail using Class 156, Class 158 and Class 170 diesel multiple units.

There has been a Sunday service on the line since 17 May 2014.