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Train services were delayed after a lorry crashed into a railway bridge in Milngavie.
(Permalink) Bridge Strike Milngavie |
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Trains will be affected August 20 and 21. Trains that usually run between Dalmuir / Milngavie and Whifflet / Motherwell will be amended to run between Dalmuir / Milngavie and Rutherglen only on both August 20 and August 21.
(Permalink) Dalmuir Milngavie Motherwell Rutherglen Service alterations Whifflet |
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ScotRail services between Westerton and Milngavie are running again.
(Permalink) Milngavie Milngavie Line Signalling Westerton  Bearsden: A Milngavie service approaches Bearsden on 26 February 2020. Signal YH404 protects the single-track section to Westerton Junction and is about to change to clear for a southbound train. Maybe the bran ...  Milngavie: 320310 reaches journey's end at Milngavie on 13 July 2019. With hindsight the long-ago decision single the track to Hillfoot seems bonkers as it must compound delays; the subsequent doubling of servic ...  Hillfoot: A Milngavie to Edinburgh service makes its first stop, Hillfoot, on
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Green MSP Ross Greer has criticised Scotrail bosses for planning to continue reductions to rail services in East Dunbartonshire until May 2023.
(Permalink) Lenzie Milngavie ScotRail Timetabling |
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Local Green MSP Ross Greer has called for urgent action on the train service for the Milngavie line.
(Permalink) Milngavie  Milngavie: A 334 for Edinburgh and a 320 for Motherwell stand at Milngavie on 26 February 2020. Milngavie has a Waitrose which tells you the sort of place it is. |
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Scotrail has scrapped its service from Milngavie to Central Station during the day.
(Permalink) COVID-19 Glasgow Central Milngavie |
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Network Rail will shortly begin a programme of work at Milngavie station to extend the platforms in an investment of over £5 millio nthat aims to deliver greater operational flexibility on the line.
Both platforms at the station will be extended from 141m each in length to 205m by reintroducing 39m of unused platform and adding 25m of new platform at the south side of the station. [Originally announced 18/06/2020.] (Permalink) Milngavie Station improvement Milngavie: A 334 for Edinburgh and a 320 for Motherwell stand at Milngavie on 26 February 2020. Milngavie has a Waitrose which tells you the sort of place it is.  Milngavie: On 13 July anyway all trains are using Platform 2 at Milngavie with 1 being used for stabling; new to me but I am not here very often. The usefully retained bothy is used as staff accommodation.  Milngavie: 303028 enters Milngavie station passing the semaphore signals in 1988. |
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Milngavie station will receive a £5m investment to help with performance and allow trains to run on time. Network Rail say they will carry out a 5-month programme with minimal disruption, closing only in the weekends of late Autumn. Improvements will see the length of both platforms increase from 141m to 205m.
(Permalink) Milngavie Station improvement Milngavie: 303028 enters Milngavie station passing the semaphore signals in 1988.  Milngavie: 320312 prepares to leave Milngavie with the 16.12 for Motherwell on 18 February as 334023 waits at platform 2 with the 16.23 limited stop service to Edinburgh.  Milngavie: An afternoon train for Airdrie prepares to leave Milngavie platform 1 in the summer of 1957. Locomotive in charge is Gresley V1 2-6-2T 67618 of Kipps shed. |
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Network Rail will shortly begin a programme of work at Milngavie station to extend the platforms in an investment that will deliver greater operational flexibility on the line.
(Permalink) Milngavie Station improvement |
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Local Green MSP Ross Greer has secured a major breakthrough in his campaign to have the Milngavie rail line redualled.
(Permalink) Bearsden Doubling Hillfoot Milngavie Milngavie Line Westerton  Hillfoot: View looking north at Burnbrae. Line when still double track and class 303 heading south.  Hillfoot: Track lifting in progress during singling of sections of the Milngavie
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Under-fire ScotRail have hit their worst performance levels since Dutch firm Abellio took over running the franchise.
The latest figures the poorest in more than a decade show one in five services failed to arrive on time. At the two worst-performing stations, Largs and Milngavie, three-quarters of trains were late. Under the franchise agreement, on time is defined as being less than five minutes late. Passengers we spoke to described the reliability of services as a joke. (Permalink) Bearsden Hillfoot Milngavie Milngavie Line Westerton |
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Scotrail has launched the first two new trains which will run on cross-Glasgow services.
The refurbished trains, which will operate from Glasgow Central Low Level and will have wifi from next month, have been leased as part of a £475million train improvement programme. They will have better lighting, extra cycle space and at-seat power sockets. Seven revamped trains will run at a rate of one every few weeks between now and October on routes between Milngavie/Dalmuir and Motherwell/Larkhall/Cumbernauld via Glasgow Central Low Level. (Permalink) Cumbernauld Dalmuir Glasgow Central Low Level Larlhall Milngavie Motherwell ScotRail |
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Milngavie's railway heritage is being celebrated with a new poster at the
town's station. The poster features photographs of railway staff, trains, and facilities at Milngavie station between 1920 and 1960. ScotRail has worked with Milngavie in Bloom, East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust, the James F. McEwan Collection and Don Martin, from Milngavie Heritage Centre, to source the historical images. (Permalink) Don Martin James F McEwan Milngavie Milngavie in Bloom ScotRail  Milngavie: Milngavie. GN 0.6.2T 9562 on Springburn local in station in 1948. |
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