Coatbridge Central railway station

Coatbridge Central
Coatbridge Central railway station
Location
Place	Coatbridge
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55°51′47″N 4°01′55″W / 55.863°N 4.032°W / 55.863; -4.032Coordinates: 55°51′47″N 4°01′55″W / 55.863°N 4.032°W / 55.863; -4.032
Operations
Station code	CBC
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	22,290
2004/05 *	35,300
2005/06 *	37,559
2006/07 *	42,387
2007/08 *	41,723
2008/09 *	60,818
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
March 1842	Opened as Coatbridge[1]
8 June 1953	Renamed as Coatbridge Central[1]
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coatbridge Central from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Coatbridge Central railway station is located in the town of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line. Train services are provided by First ScotRail.

Architecture and history

The station was original named Coatbridge.^[1] It was renamed Coatbridge Central in 1953 after the 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway station named Coatbridge Central had closed in 1951.

The existing station layout is the result of a re-build by the Caledonian Railway in 1900, but the platform level buildings were demolished in the 1970s when the station was a likely candidate for closure due to dwindling patronage and services.

Access to the station is now by a ramp from West Canal Street leading to the Down (Cumbernauld bound) platform with access to the Motherwell-bound island platform via the original underpass. Original access to both platforms of the station was via this underpass from the category C(S)^[2] listed two-floor structure at the end of the station.

With a container terminal just north of the station, and the location on link between the West Coast Main Line and the lines to Grangemouth, Stirling and points north, there are also freight trains passing through the station.

Passenger services

2006/07

An hourly train operates to Motherwell and Cumbernauld. This is operated as a Class 156 diagram.

Furthermore, there are a few peak time services on the Argyle Line which terminate at the station, operated by a mixture of Class 318 and Class 334 trains. These services call at Whifflet before joining the "main" Argyle line at Motherwell, operating to Milngavie and Dalmuir.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Greenfaulds		First ScotRail Motherwell-Cumbernauld Line		Whifflet
Terminus		First ScotRail Argyle Line (peak only)		Whifflet
	Historical railways
Glenboig		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Whifflet

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Butt (1995), page 64
2. ^ [|Historic Scotland]; Listing Team. "Historic Scotland Listed Building Report" (HTML). Scottish Ministers' Statutory List. Room 2.20, Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SH: Crown Copyright. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=49871. Retrieved 2011-04-06HB Number 49871 

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.