- Newton (South Lanarkshire) railway station
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This article is about a railway station in Scotland. For Stations in Newton, Massachusetts, see Boston and Albany Railroad.
Newton 
Location Place Cambuslang Local authority South Lanarkshire Coordinates 55°49′08″N 4°07′59″W / 55.819°N 4.133°WCoordinates: 55°49′08″N 4°07′59″W / 55.819°N 4.133°W Operations Station code NTN Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2002/03 * 0.179 million 2004/05 * 
0.283 million2005/06 * 0.337 million2006/07 * 0.367 million2007/08 * 0.385 million2008/09 * 0.467 millionPassenger Transport Executive PTE Strathclyde Partnership for Transport History Original company Clydesdale Junction Railway Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway Post-grouping LMS 1 June 1849 Original station opened 19 December 1873 Closed; new station opened National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Newton railway station is a railway station located between the town of Cambuslang and the village of Newton in South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail on the Argyle and Cathcart Circle Lines.
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History
The original Newton station was opened as part of the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849. The station also served the Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway. It closed on 19 December 1873 and a new station was opened 605m due west on the same day. The station later served trains to and from the Glasgow Central Railway and the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Station information
Newton station forms part of the Argyle Line 10 km (6 mi) south east of Glasgow Central (Low Level) and is also a terminus for the Cathcart Circle (Newton branch) 16 km (10 mi) south east of Glasgow Central (High Level).
Newton is also the location of a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Argyle/Cathcart Circle routes; it is at this point Argyle Line services leave the West Coast Main Line en route to the Hamilton Circle. This junction was the location of the Newton rail crash in 1991 when four people were killed and 22 injured.[1]
The extant platforms are located on the former slow lines through the station. The fast line platforms were removed at the time of the Cathcart Circle electrification. To the west of the station the lines from the Cathcart Circle are joined by a link line from the WCML. To the east of the station the line splits with one line heading southeast on the Hamilton circle, and link line heading towards Uddingston on the WCML. This link line also contains a turnback siding. At the time of its opening, all Argyle Line trains towards Uddingston and Bellshill stopped at Newton. Since the 1990/91 remodelling Argyle Line trains toward Bellshill no longer stop at the station. Shotts Line services via Uddingston and Intercity services pass the station on the main lines. The 2010/11 service has most Larkhall trains passing through the station without stopping.
Stages of electrification and subsequent layout changes
The slow line platforms were electrified as part of the 1962 Cathcart Circle scheme through to Motherwell via the West Coast Main Line. The fast line platforms were taken out of use at this time.
The next electrification work was part of the 1974 West Coast Main Line electrication project when the Hamilton Circle was electrified. This layout was retained when the Argyle Line opened in 1979.
Following the closure of adjacent (to the south) steel works and East Coast Main Line electrification, the junction layout was revised in 1990/91 to allow Fast Line trains to pass through at higher speeds. It was as a result of these revisions that single lead junctions from the Kirkhill and Cambuslang directions were installed, that contributed to the Newton rail crash. After several months a double line link was reinstated from Kirkhill.
Services
1979
Following the opening of the Argyle Line there were three Hamilton circle trains in each way per hour (anti-clockwise - Hamilton then Motherwell; clockwise - Bellshill then Motherwell) and four trains per hour via Kirkhill to Glasgow Central (two via Langside and two via Mount Florida. Lanark trains ran non-stop on the adjacent fast lines.
2006/07
On the Argyle Line, there are two Motherwell via Hamilton Central-bound services an hour: one an hour terminating in Motherwell and one continuing to Lanark. There are two per hour towards Glasgow Central and Milngavie (Balloch on Sundays).
On the Cathcart Circle, a half-hourly service operates from Newton every day. One journey per hour goes via Mount Florida and the other via Langside.
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Blantyre First ScotRail
Cambuslang Kirkhill First ScotRail
Terminus Historical railways Terminus Caledonian Railway
Carmyle
Line closed;
station open on another routeKirkhill
Line and station openCaledonian Railway
Terminus Uddingston
Line and station openCaledonian Railway
Cambuslang
Line and station openBlantyre
Line and station openCaledonian Railway
Terminus References
Notes
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- RAILSCOT on Glasgow Central Railway
- RAILSCOT on Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
- RAILSCOT on Clydesdale Junction Railway
- RAILSCOT on Hamilton Branch
Categories:- Railway stations in South Lanarkshire
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1849
- Railway stations closed in 1873
- Railway stations opened in 1873
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
- Cambuslang
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