Airdrie railway station

Airdrie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 11 miles (18 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street.

Airdrie

Scottish Gaelic: An t-Àrd Ruigh[1]
National Rail
Airdrie railway station, looking west
General information
LocationAirdrie, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°51′50″N 3°58′57″W / 55.8640°N 3.9826°W / 55.8640; -3.9826
Grid referenceNS760652
Managed byScotRail
Platforms3
Other information
Station codeADR
History
Original companyBathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Key dates
11 August 1862[2]Station opened as Airdrie South
3 March 1952[2]Station renamed Airdrie
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 1.098 million
2019/20Decrease 1.009 million
2020/21Decrease 0.121 million
2021/22Increase 0.477 million
2022/23Increase 0.633 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

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Opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway and absorbed into the North British Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways then ran the station for Strathclyde PTE, and continued to do so as ScotRail when sectorisation was introduced, until the privatisation of British Rail. The station became a terminus in January 1956, when passenger services to Bathgate over the former B&CR were withdrawn - freight over this line continued until final closure & abandonment in 1982. The line from Glasgow was subsequently wired as part of the North Clyde electrification scheme in 1960. Strathclyde PTE & BR reopened a short portion of the line eastwards to a new station at Drumgelloch in 1989 and full reinstatement of the line to Bathgate followed in 2010 (see below).

As part of the Airdrie-Bathgate rail link reopening, the station has been refurbished, including the reinstatement of the second through platform with a capability of holding 9 carriages opposite the current Platform 2, which has been extended and a large car park facility (see link in sources below).

Services

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A Class 334 leaving for Helensburgh

2008

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The station was served by half-hourly trains from Drumgelloch (1989) to Helensburgh Central and return, which used Platform 2.

Platform 1 was used by trains from Airdrie to Balloch, providing a 15-minute frequency towards Glasgow Queen Street, Monday to Saturday daytimes.

In addition to this, there were some peak time express services to Milngavie. These called at Coatdyke, Coatbridge Sunnyside and Blairhill before running fast to High Street then at all stations to Milngavie.

Evenings and Sundays, the half-hourly Drumgelloch to Helensburgh Central service operated.

May 2010 to December 2010

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Following closure of the 1989 Drumgelloch station as part of the Airdrie to Bathgate project (which included the construction of a new station to the east of the 1989 station), a half-hourly bus service operated to and from the 1989 Drumgelloch station to connect with services arriving from Glasgow and Helensburgh.

From 12 December 2010

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Following the opening of the line between Airdrie and Bathgate,[3] the basic off-peak daytime service is:

The evening service is:

The Sunday service is:

2016

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The daytime & Sunday service remains unchanged in the May 2016 timetable, but the evening service now runs to Balloch westbound rather than Milngavie (as well as to Helensburgh), whilst eastbound the Edinburgh service is half-hourly.[4]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Drumgelloch   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Coatdyke
  Historical railways  
Clarkston
Line and Station open
  Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
North British Railway
  Coatdyke
Line and Station open
Drumgelloch (1989)
Station closed; Line open
  First ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Coatdyke

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b Butt (1995)
  3. ^ "National Rail Timetable 226; December 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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