Hillhead

Glasgow Subway

Hillhead
Opened	1896
Type	Subway station
Platforms	2 side
Tracks	2
Length	40m
Lines	Inner circle, outer circle

Hillhead is one of the busiest on the system with 1.86 million boardings per year. 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 center.

During the modernisation of the underground system between 1977 and 1980, Hillhead subway station went through major rebuilding. Previously the station had a single island platform serving both tracks; the station was rebuilt with a much more spacious ticket office, escalators and an additional side platform. The center platform features, on one side, a perspex barrier with a handrail which was built for safety reasons (effectively changing it from an island platform into a side platform).

Hillhead is one of the stations mentioned in Cliff Hanley's song The Glasgow Underground. The song reflects the traditional local pronunciation of the name, "Hillheed".