Carmyle
Carmyle
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| Carmyle shown within Glasgow | |
| OS grid reference | NS651618 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G32 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Carmyle (An Càrn Maol in Gaelic) is a suburb in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.
Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, closed in 1964 but then re-opened again in 1993, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central and Rutherglen from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston, Bargeddie, Kirkwood and Whifflet from Eastbound Platform 2. The service is operated by Abellio ScotRail.
The village also has a regular bus service to Glasgow City Centre, The Forge Shopping Centre (Parkhead) and Cambuslang.
The village is also close to the M74 motorway giving easy access to Scotland's Central Belts, the Borders and beyond. Construction on the extension project, extending the M74 from Carmyle to Glasgow City Centre, began in May 2008 and was completed in 2011.
Due to its physical isolation from the main built-up areas of Glasgow, Carmyle has something of a rural village character as opposed to a neighbourhood in a city. The River Clyde runs to the south of the district, opposite the Westburn district of Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire – the banks were previously connected by Westburn Viaduct, a disused rail bridge, but that has now been blocked off. The closest Glasgow suburbs to the north (on the other side of the railway lines and motorway) are Auchenshuggle and Mount Vernon.
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