Merryton railway station

Merryton railway station
Merryton
Merryton
Location
Place Larkhall
Local authority South Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°44′56″N 3°58′43″W / 55.749013°N 3.978667°W / 55.749013; -3.978667Coordinates: 55°44′56″N 3°58′43″W / 55.749013°N 3.978667°W / 55.749013; -3.978667
Operations
Station code MEY
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Merryton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Partick bound train entering station with car park behind

Merryton railway station is a railway station in Larkhall, Scotland. The station is managed by First 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.

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 December 2007 an hourly service (in each direction) commenced on Sundays.


Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Larkhall   First ScotRail

Argyle Line

  Chatelherault


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