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{{Short description|Railway station in Glasgow, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Springburn
| native_name         = {{langx|gd|Allt an Fhuarain}}{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=Gaelic/English Station Index}}
| symbol_location     = gb
| symbol              = rail
| image               = Springburn railway station, Glasgow - geograph.org.uk - 6368689.jpg
| borough             = [[Springburn]], [[Glasgow]]
| country             = Scotland
| coordinates         = {{coord|55.8816|-4.2296|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name           = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position       = {{gbmapscaled|NS606676|25|NS606676}}
| manager             = [[ScotRail]]
| platforms           = 4
| code                = SPR
| transit_authority   = [[Strathclyde Partnership for Transport|SPT]]
| years               = 1887
| events              = Opened
| mpassengers =
<!--{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2018/19 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.397 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 29,037}}-->
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.401 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 14,825}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 84,214 |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 838}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.193 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 5,915}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.259 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 10,425}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.340 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 13,374}}
| footnotes           = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}

'''Springburn railway station''' serves the [[Springburn]] district of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. The station is {{convert|1+1/4|mi|km}} north of [[Glasgow Queen Street railway station|Glasgow Queen Street (High level) station]] on the [[Cumbernauld Line]] and is a terminus of the Springburn branch, a spur from [[Bellgrove railway station|Bellgrove station]], on the [[North Clyde Line]].

The station was first built by the [[City of Glasgow Union Railway]], whose branch line from {{rws|Bellgrove}} opened to goods traffic in 1875. A station building was designed by the engineer [[James Carswell]] in 1875<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100260|title = Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (October 4, 2021, 8:54 am)}}</ref> and was opened in 1887, when passenger traffic then began operating.<ref name="CGUR">[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/chronology/dates.php?coname=City_of_Glasgow_Union_Railway Railscot Chronology - City of Glasgow Union Railway]; ''Railscot''; Retrieved 2014-01-27</ref>  Initially built as a terminus, two through platforms were added shortly afterwards by the company when they gained running powers over the [[Sighthill, Glasgow|Sighthill]] Branch of the [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]], which ran alongside the CGUR at this location. The link into this line gave the company access to both the E&G main line at [[Cowlairs]] and also the former [[Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway]], which had now become the main [[Caledonian Railway]] route from [[Buchanan Street railway station|Glasgow Buchanan Street]] to NE Scotland via {{rws|Cumbernauld}} and [[Stirling railway station, Scotland|Stirling]]. Several different passenger routes operated from the station, including workers' trains to {{rws|Singer}} on the [[Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway]] and a circular service that also used the [[Stobcross Railway]] and the GD&HR. The CGUR was absorbed jointly by the North British and [[Glasgow and South Western Railway]] in 1896, with the former company taking over the Bellgrove to Springburn branch.<ref name="CGUR"/>

The line from Bellgrove was electrified in November 1960 as part of the North Clyde scheme, but regular services northward to Cowlairs ended in 1963, when the workers' trains to Singer were withdrawn. However, three years later, trains from Cumbernauld were re-routed here with the closure of the Buchanan Street terminus to passenger traffic.<ref>[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Buchanan_Street_Extension/index.php Railscot - Buchanan Street Extension]</ref>  Passengers had to change onto the North Clyde Line at Springburn to reach the city, as there was no direct route at that time to Queen Street main line station. Normal practice therefore was to operate a Cumbernauld to Springburn shuttle service which connected with the North Clyde line trains. Through running eventually commenced in 1989, albeit with a reversal in a loop alongside the carriage sidings and depot at Eastfield to begin with.

Cumbernauld Line trains are now able to run directly to Queen Street High Level via the Cowlairs Chord – a single-track south-to-east curve that was opened in 1993 by [[British Rail]]. The line has now been electrified as part of the [[Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme]].<ref>[http://www.egip.info/projects/cumbernauld-electrification EGIP - Cumbernauld Electrification]''EGIP''/Network Rail; Retrieved 2014-01-16</ref>

Springburn station has kept its four platforms, with two used by through trains and the others by terminating services from Bellgrove and points west. Two through goods lines used to run past the station to the west; these formed the original E&G Sighthill branch. They were latterly used to access the goods yard at Sighthill prior to its closure in October 1981, as well as to access [[St. Rollox railway works]] but they have since been lifted.<ref>[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/sighthill.htm Railscot - Sighthill Branch]''Railscot''; Retrieved 2014-01-27</ref>

The station building was designed by James Carsewell &ndash; it is now protected as a [[listed building#Scotland|category B listed building]].{{sfn|Historic Environment Scotland|LB49898}}

== Services ==

=== 2006/07 ===
On the [[Cumbernauld Line]] Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service from Springburn to Glasgow Queen Street southbound and to {{Stnlnk|Cumbernauld}} northbound (hourly to {{Stnlnk|Falkirk Grahamston}}). On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

On the [[North Clyde Line]] Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level) and beyond to {{Stnlnk|Dalmuir}} and {{Stnlnk|Balloch}}. There is no service on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

=== 2013/14 ===

A half-hourly service remains in operation on the Cumbernauld Line (with hourly extensions to [[Falkirk Grahamston railway station|Falkirk Grahamston)]] and the North Clyde line. Services on the latter run to [[Dalmuir railway station|Dalmuir]] via [[Yoker railway station|Yoker]] during the daytime and Balloch via {{rws|Singer}} in the evenings. On Sundays there is an hourly service to Cumbernauld only - there are no trains to Falkirk or on the North Clyde Line.

From 18 May 2014, North Clyde line services will be extended every half-hour to Cumbernauld (after a reversal here) with the start of electric operation on that route. This will replace one of the two current services from Queen Street HL to Cumbernauld each hour, though the existing hourly DMU service between Falkirk Grahamston and Queen Street High Level will also remain in operation. On Sundays, the present hourly service will remain, but it will be provided by EMUs and run to and from {{rws|Partick}} via Queen Street LL.<ref>GB National Rail Timetable 18 May - 14 December 2014, Table 226</ref>

=== 2016 ===

As noted above there are two trains per hour between Cumbernauld and Dalmuir via Yoker each way that call here on Mondays to Saturdays, along with the hourly DMU service between Queen Street H.L. and Falkirk Grahamston (the EMUs now continue to {{rws|Dumbarton Central}} since the May 2016 timetable change). On Sundays there is an hourly service to Cumbernauld and Partick. Between March and August 2016, the service was modified further due to engineering work temporarily closing Queen Street High Level.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|226}}</ref>

=== 2018/19 ===

From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service will start, replacing the hourly DMU service and take over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The new service will use new Class 385 EMUs with the Springburn &ndash; Dumbarton Central service using existing Class 318, 320 and 334 stock. On Sundays however trains run between Springburn and Partick only.

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== Notes ==
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== Sources ==
*{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 }}
* {{Butt-Stations}}
* {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB49898|desc=Atlas Road, Springburn Railway Station including Boundary Wall|cat=B|access-date=22 March 2019}}
* {{Jowett-Atlas}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/locationnew.php?loc=Springburn Railscot - Photographs of Springburn]

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