page_title: Milngavie railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Milngavie railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Milngavie station. See 737527. A much earlier view of the station showing a three-car emu awaiting departure with the 12.50 to Springburn.
context_page_description: Milngavie railway station serves the town of Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow in Scotland. The station is 8 ¹⁄₂ miles north west of Glasgow Central on the Argyle Line and 9 miles north west of Glasgow Queen Street on the North Clyde Line.
  Its principal purpose today is as a commuter station for people working in Glasgow city centre. The station itself is a category B listed building. Milngavie station is generally well kept and has had a history of winning many awards and commendations for the quality of the flower baskets and tubs in station garden competitions.
  The station is the usual access point for the 154 km long West Highland Way, a long-distance trail which officially starts in Milngavie town centre marked by a granite obelisk. The first few hundred yards of the way follow the line of short spur of the railway originally built to serve the Ellangowan Paper Mills.
context_section_description: The station was opened on 28 August 1863, and was then part of the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway. Originally built with three platforms, one platform has since been removed. The land where the third platform once stood has been sold and is now the site of a Kwik-Fit garage. The double track line from Hillfoot station was singled in 1990.
  For December 2020, the 141 metre long platforms will be extended to 205 metres by reinstating 39 metres of unused platform and adding a further 25 metres of new platform. The project will cost £5 million.
caption: Milngavie station in 1985
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