Hillhead subway station
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Hillhead subway station is a station on the Glasgow Subway, serving the Hillhead area of Glasgow, Scotland, and is the principal station that serves the city's West End. The entrance is located on Byres Road.
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Scottish Gaelic: Hillhead[1] | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 248 Byres Road Hillhead, Glasgow, G12 8SH[2] Scotland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°52′33″N 4°17′32″W | ||||||||||
Operated by | SPT | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (side platforms) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Parking | No[2] | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No[2] | ||||||||||
Accessible | No[3] | ||||||||||
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Opened | 14 December 1896 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 16 April 1980; 44 years ago (1980-04-16) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2018 | 1.831 million[4] | ||||||||||
2019 | 1.837 million[5] | ||||||||||
2020 | 0.651 million[5] | ||||||||||
2021 | 0.837 million[5] | ||||||||||
2022 | 1.623 million[6] | ||||||||||
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Passenger statistics provided are gate entries only. Information on gate exits for patronage is incomplete, and thus not included.[7] |
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This station is the nearest to Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the University of Glasgow.
The station is one of the busiest on the system with 1.86 million boardings per year.[8] This is largely due to the shopping facilities of Byres Road and proximity to the university, which allows students to travel between campus and the city centre.