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==History==

[[Image:ScotRaillogo.jpg|right|thumb|Jordanhill Station is part of the First ScotRail rail network]]

The station opened on [[1 August]] [[1887]] as part of the [[Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway]].<ref>[http://www.cat-flap.demon.co.uk/glasgow.htm A chronology of Glasgow's railways]</ref> It effectively filled a gap in provision, as lines in the area had already been constructed; the [[Whiteinch Railway|Whiteinch]] and [[Stobcross Railway]]s<ref>[http://www.railscot.co.uk/Stobcross_Railway/frame.htm Railscot: Stobcross Railway]</ref> both opened in 1874, but no station was constructed on these lines at Jordanhill. A new link allowed services to [[Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station|Whiteinch Victoria Park]] to begin in 1897, but they ceased in 1951<ref>[http://www.ltsn.gla.ac.uk/ewan/chronology/range.asp?start=1951&end=1951 1951 Chronology of RAILSCOT]</ref> and the link was closed to [[Cargo|freight]] in 1967.<ref>[http://www.ltsn.gla.ac.uk/ewan/chronology/range.asp?start=1967&end=1967 1967 Chronology of RAILSCOT]</ref>