Merryton railway station

Merryton
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Location
Place	Larkhall
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS759523
Operations
Station code	MEY
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2005/06	19,998
2006/07	81,114
2007/08	97,588
2008/09	99,524
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
12 December 2005	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 Merryton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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Partick bound train entering station with car park behind

Merryton railway station is a railway station in Larkhall, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.

The station was officially opened on 9 December 2005, as part of the Larkhall branch re-opened at the same time.

The station is located on the CR Mid Lanark Lines just south of the site of the previous Merryton Junction where the Caledonian Railway Coalburn Branch diverged from the CR Mid Lanark Lines.

Facilities

The station has a car park but is not permanently staffed.

Services

From the opening of the Larkhall Branch in December 2005, a service has operated on Monday to Saturdays to Dalmuir via Glasgow Central northbound and to Larkhall southbound every 30 minutes.

In December 2007 an hourly service (in each direction) commenced on Sundays.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Larkhall		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line		Chatelherault

Sources

• RAILSCOT on Coalburn Branch
• RAILSCOT on Merryton Junction
• New Link for Larkhall opens - BBC News Scotland website