Jordanhill railway station
Jordanhill 
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| Location | |
| Place | Jordanhill |
| Local authority | City of Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°52′57″N 4°19′29″W / 55.8826°N 4.3246°WCoordinates: 55°52′57″N 4°19′29″W / 55.8826°N 4.3246°W |
| Grid reference | NS546679 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | JOR |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.391 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.333 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.296 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.304 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.313 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| 1 August 1887 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Jordanhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Jordanhill railway station is a side platformed suburban railway station in the Jordanhill area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. The station, which is governed by Transport Scotland and managed by Abellio ScotRail, lies on the Argyle Line and the North Clyde Line.
It is located near the 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. The station is five stops and eleven minutes' journey time from Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line. Trains on the North Clyde Line pass through without stopping at the station.
In operation since 1887, the station stemmed losses for an area that was in decline.
The station opened on 1 August 1887 as part of the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway. 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. The station is located on part of the former site of brick and tile works, Jordanhill being an area of artisans and miners until the close of the nineteenth century. 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.
The station's opening effectively filled a gap in provision, as lines in the area had already been constructed; the Whiteinch and Stobcross Railways both opened in 1874, but no station was constructed on these lines at Jordanhill. A new link allowed services to Whiteinch Victoria Park to begin in 1897, but they ceased in 1951 and the link was closed to freight in 1967. The route of the link has been converted into a nature walk from Victoria Park to Jordanhill station, running alongside the existing line for approximately half its length.
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