Construction begins on new railway station at Robroyston

Work began yesterday (12 September 2018) on the construction of the new Robroyston railway station, which will serve a development of 1,600 homes in the area around the site.Located between Stepps and Springburn on the Glasgow to Cumbernauld line, the new station will include step free platform access, together with two car parks with a total of 258 spaces, offering a new ‘park and ride’ facility for people driving into Glasgow along the nearby M80.Robroyston Station will be a new un-staffed station in the Robroyston/Millerston area of Glasgow on the Cumbernauld line, west of Stepps Station. The station will provide local access to travel for the existing housing in Millerston. It is also intended to be used as a park and ride facility for car travellers on the M80 to access Glasgow City Centre.The project will also provide a total of 258 car parking spaces, areas for cycles, electrical charging points and CCTV coverage, and funding for the station comes from Glasgow City Council, Network Rail and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.Clearance works at the site have already been completed with ground investigations underway – with the station expected to be complete by December 2019.