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{{short description|Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Jordanhill
| native_name = {{langx|gd|Cnoc Iòrdain}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |date=December 2017 |publisher=Trackmaps |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |edition=6th |___location=Frome |chapter=Gaelic/English Station Index |orig-year=1987}}</ref>
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| borough = [[Jordanhill]], [[Glasgow]]
| country = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.8826|-4.3246|type:RailwayStation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS546679|25|NS546679}}
| manager = [[ScotRail]]
| platforms = 2
| code = JOR
| transit_authority = [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|SPT]]
| opened = {{start date|1887|08|01|df=yes}}
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.292 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 41,128}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.139 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.192 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.240 million}}
| map_type = Scotland Glasgow
| map_caption = Location within the [[Glasgow City council area]]
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}
It is located near the [[Jordanhill College|Jordanhill Campus]] of the [[University of Strathclyde]] and sits atop Crow Road, an important western thoroughfare in Glasgow and the main route to the [[Clyde Tunnel]].{{efn|The station is at {{gbmapping|NS546679}} ([[geographical coordinates|coordinates]] {{coord|55.8826|N|4.3246|W|scale:1000_region:GB_type:railwaystation}}) with a Glasgow [[UK postcodes|postcode]] of G11 7DW.}} The station is five stops and eleven minutes' journey time from {{stnlnk|Glasgow Central}} on the Argyle Line. It has received international recognition for being the subject of the millionth article on the [[English Wikipedia]].
== History ==
=== Early history ===
The station opened on 1 August 1887 as part of the [[Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Angela Gawthrop |title=A chronology of Glasgow's railways |url=http://www.cat-flap.demon.co.uk/glasgow.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706085041/http://www.cat-flap.demon.co.uk/glasgow.htm |archive-date=6 July 2007 |access-date=23 July 2010 |publisher=Cat-flap.demon.co.uk}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Johnston |first1=C. |title=Glasgow Stations |last2=J. R. Hume |publisher=Newton Abbot |year=1979 |___location=London}}</ref> The station is located on part of the former site of brick and tile works; Jordanhill being an area of [[artisan]]s and [[miner]]s until the close of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=W. |date=13 March 1932 |title=Jordanhill: Past & Present |publisher=The Western Leader}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Donnelly |first=Max |year=1987 |title=Jordanhill – A Historical Sketch |edition=2 |___location=Glasgow |publisher=Self-published (printed at Strathclyde University)}}</ref>
The station's opening effectively filled a gap in provision, as lines in the area had already been constructed; the [[Whiteinch Railway|Whiteinch]] and [[Stobcross Railway]]s both opened in 1874, but no station was constructed on these lines at Jordanhill.{{cn|date=May 2022}} A new link allowed services to [[Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station|Whiteinch Victoria Park]] to begin in 1897, but they ceased in 1951 and the link was closed to [[Cargo|freight]] in 1967.{{cn|date=May 2022}} The route of the link has been converted into a nature walk from [[Victoria Park, Glasgow|Victoria Park]] to Jordanhill station, running alongside the existing line for approximately half its length.
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Railways in Jordanhill |url=http://www.wsmclean.com/railways |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051003233717/http://www.wsmclean.com/railways |archive-date=3 October 2005 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=Stuart McLean |language=en-GB}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Coal Wagons Derailed |department=News |date=29 December 1932 |page=5 |issue=46328 |column=d}}</ref>
A serious accident occurred on 28 April 1980, when a three-coach train carrying 80 passengers from [[Dalmuir railway station|Dalmuir]] to [[Motherwell railway station|Motherwell]] derailed at Hyndland West Junction, just after leaving Jordanhill. All the [[bogie]]s 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]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fifteen hurt as three-coach train jumps rail |department=News |date=29 April 1980 |page=4 |issue=60613 |column=d}}</ref>
=== Plans for rebuilding ===
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In 1998, [[Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority]] (SPTA) undertook a study into the possible relocation of the station west to Westbrae Drive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SPT Publications: New stations |url=http://www.ptiscotland.org.uk/Publications/Annual_report/16.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122115533/http://www.ptiscotland.org.uk/Publications/Annual_report/16.html |archive-date=22 January 2005 |access-date=23 July 2010 }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2004 |title=Faculty of Education Estate Strategy Staff Meeting at Jordanhill Campus |url=http://www.strath.ac.uk/jordanhillreview/pdf/summ_cons.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428072357/http://www.strath.ac.uk/jordanhillreview/pdf/summ_cons.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2006 |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=MacCalman |first1=John |last2=Starrs |first2=Chris |date=20 August 2001 |title=Council says campus demand justifies new £2m rail station |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/332888062 |publisher=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |page=6 |id={{ProQuest|332888062}} }}</ref> The proposed new station would have been only roughly 500 yd (460 m) away.
The station at Jordanhill is 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]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Culley |first=Ron |date=19 May 2006 |title=Passengers' joy at moves to build six new train stations |publisher=The Evening Times |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5052449.html |url-status=dead |access-date=21 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526045726/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5052449.html |archive-date=26 May 2006}}</ref>
Jordanhill Station will be rebuilt for the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]],{{update inline|date=November 2015}} one of a number of stations that will be rebuilt for the Commonwealth Games through a [[Pound sterling|£]]300 million transport legacy plan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Stephen |date=25 February 2006 |title=Commonwealth Games to leave GBP300m legacy Transport plans would follow successful bid |pages=1–2 |publisher=The Herald |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/993466221.html?did=993466221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+25%2C+2006&author=STEPHEN+STEWART&pub=The+Herald&desc=Commonwealth+Games+to+leave+GBP300m+legacy+Transport+plans+would+follow+successful+bid |url-status=dead |access-date=2 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311185628/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/doc/332974900.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&type=current&date=Feb%2025,%202006&author=STEPHEN%20STEWART&pub=The%20Herald&edition=&startpage=&desc=Commonwealth%20Games%20to%20leave%20GBP300m%20legacy%20Transport%20plans%20would%20follow%20successful%20bid |archive-date=11 March 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
== Services ==
[[File:Jordanhill station sign.jpg|right|thumb|The name sign identifying Jordanhill station. The sign highlights the primary destinations: [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]], [[Helensburgh]], and [[Balloch, West Dunbartonshire|Balloch]].]]
As part of the [[Argyle Line]], the station is used—along with [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow Central]] and [[Anderston railway station|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 railway station|Dalmuir]] via [[Yoker railway station|Yoker]] (two extended to {{rws|Dumbarton Central}}), two trains to {{rws|Whifflet}} via Glasgow Central and two trains to [[Cumbernauld railway station|Cumbernauld]] via [[Glasgow Queen Street railway station|Glasgow Queen Street]].<ref>{{cite book |title=GB eNRT |date=May 2016 |at=Table 226}}</ref>
In [[Strategic Rail Authority|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 [[Rail transport in Great Britain|United Kingdom]], and twenty-fifth busiest on the Argyle Line in 2003.{{efn|The usage information (Station Entries and Station Exits) is based on ticket sales in the financial year 2002/2003 and covers all National Rail stations. It does not include those stations that are owned by TfL. The calculation of station usage levels uses sales recorded in the railway ticketing system prior to their allocation to individual operators. It does not take into account any changes of train during the course of a journey. The ticketing system does not record certain journeys made using TfL bought travelcards, TfL Freedom Passes, staff travel passes and certain other PTE specific products. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sra.gov.uk/pubs2/performance_statistics/stat_usage/stat_usage_notes.pdf |title=Continued usage notes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304095217/http://www.sra.gov.uk/pubs2/performance_statistics/stat_usage/stat_usage_notes.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sra.gov.uk/pubs2/performance_statistics/stat_usage/stat_usage.exc |title=Excel format table for all stations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213212011/http://www.sra.gov.uk/pubs2/performance_statistics/stat_usage/stat_usage.exc |archive-date=13 February 2006}}</ref>}}
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2016 |title=Travelling from Clydebank to Glasgow? You need to know this about the train services |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/14261302.travelling-from-clydebank-to-glasgow-you-need-to-know-this-about-the-train-services/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311010523/http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14261302.Travelling_from_Clydebank_to_Glasgow__You_need_to_know_this_about_the_train_services/?ref=mr&lp=7 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=Glasgow Times}}</ref>
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== Facilities ==
[[File:Jordanhill station ticket machine.jpg|thumb|alt=ticket machine|SPT rail ticket machine]]
The station has a small car park with eleven spaces and is not permanently staffed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Rail Enquiries – Station facilities for Jordanhill |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/JOR.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119035241/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/JOR.aspx |archive-date=19 January 2014 |access-date=21 January 2014 |website=nationalrail.co.uk}}</ref> Instead, it features a [[ticket machine]], part of an initial batch of ten installed by SPT in late 2003 and early 2004 to combat fare evasion, which was estimated to cost the company £2 million annually.<ref>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=2 December 2003}}{{title needed|date=January 2025}}</ref> Both [[railway platform|platforms]] are elevated and each has a [[wheelchair ramp]]. There is a connecting [[footbridge]] between the two platforms.
== Wikipedia coverage ==
[[File:Jordanhill station commemorative plaque (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=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. This article was recognised as being the millionth article created on the site.<ref name="Wired Wikipedia">{{cite magazine|last=Simon|first=Matt|date=1 March 2012|title=March 1, 2006: English Wikipedia's Millionth Entry Pulls Into the Station|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/03/march-1-2006-english-wikipedias-millionth-entry-pulls-into-the-station/|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Computerworld Wikipedia">{{cite web|last=Lemon|first=Sumner|date=2 March 2006|title=Millionth English article posted on Wikipedia|website=[[Computerworld]]|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2563140/millionth-english-article-posted-on-wikipedia.html|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> Macdonald said that he was "delighted" to be the one who made the millionth article.<ref name="Computerworld Wikipedia"/> 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."<ref name="Wired Wikipedia"/>
== In the area ==
[[File:Jordanhill station open street maps.png|thumb|Jordanhill station as shown on [[OpenStreetMap]]]]
The [[Jordanhill College|Jordanhill Campus]] of the University of Strathclyde, which hosts the Faculty of Education, is located nearby. Several schools are also in the area, including [[Jordanhill|Jordanhill School]], [[Broomhill Primary School, Glasgow|Broomhill Primary]], [[St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Glasgow|St Thomas Aquinas]]; as well as a [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] centre. For the later part of the 1980s and the early part of the 1990s, a huge [[The Jolly Giant|Jolly Giant]] toy centre lay just across Crow Road, and was a major local attraction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 April 2005 |title=Notes on the area now known as South Jordanhill |url=http://www.wsmclean.com/south |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015135110/http://www.wsmclean.com/south |archive-date=15 October 2008 |access-date=23 July 2010 |publisher=Wsmclean.com}}</ref> It closed in the 1990s and after housing a discount clothing store for a few years it is now a [[Volkswagen]] [[car dealership]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Used Cars For Sale |url=https://www.availablecar.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121163127/https://www.availablecar.com/ |archive-date=21 November 2022 |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=March 2023}}
Backing onto platform 2 is a Scout hall, home to the [[Scouting in Scotland|72nd Scout Troop]].
There are two sports facilities accessible from the station:
* [[New Anniesland]], a [[rugby union]] and [[cricket]] playing field is home to the [[Glasgow Academicals RFC|Glasgow Academicals]] Sports Club and [[The Glasgow Academy]].
* [[Old Anniesland]], home to The [[High School of Glasgow]] and the [[Glasgow High Kelvinside|GHK]] Sports club.
Rugby union team [[Glasgow Hawks RFC]] predominantly play at Old Anniesland, but occasionally play at New Anniesland.
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Cite web |title=Timetable |url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20091_a5_dunbartonshire.pdf |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404215906/https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/20091_a5_dunbartonshire.pdf |url-status=dead }} {{small|(893 KB)}}
* [https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/stations-and-facilities/jor Station facilities] from [[First ScotRail]]
* [http://www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Yoker_and_Clydebank/frame.htm RailScot: Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221184107/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Yoker_and_Clydebank/frame.htm |date=21 February 2006 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929171822/http://www.sustrans.co.uk/default.asp?sRegion=Scotland&map.x=-4.32303174408162&map.y=55.8827958378795&bLarge=&nZoom=1 Map of rail area] from [[Sustrans]] (UK)
* [http://www.wsmclean.com/bygones_files/image033.jpg Picture of the station in 1953]
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