Drumchapel railway station
Drumchapel railway station serves the Drumchapel, Blairdardie and Old Drumchapel areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line. It is situated between Westerton to the east and Drumry to the west, and is located 7 miles 20 chains (11.7 km) from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via Maryhill.
Drumchapel railway station, with a train departing the westbound platform
The station seen in 2012
Drumchapel, known locally as 'The Drum', is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It borders Bearsden to the north-east and Drumry to the south-west, as well as Blairdardie, Garscadden, Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow to the south; land to the north is undeveloped and includes the course of the Roman-era Antonine Wall. The name derives from the Gaelic meaning 'the ridge of the horse'.
Drumchapel housing photographed from the tower blocks at Linkwood Crescent (2014)
Aerial view of central Drumchapel (2017), with the local secondary school surrounded by expanses of unused land following the demolition of substandard housing, with modern houses and refurbished tenements also in view
Linkwood Crescent tower blocks (two refurbished in the 2010s, one demolished)
The derelict shopping centre at Drumchapel