- Drumgelloch railway station
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Drumgelloch 
Scottish Gaelic: Druim Gailleach 
Drumgelloch railway station looking towards Airdrie Location Place Airdrie Local authority North Lanarkshire Coordinates 55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°WCoordinates: 55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°W Grid reference NS781655 Operations Station code DRU Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesHistory Original company Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway Pre-grouping North British Railway Post-grouping LNER 11 August 1862 Opened as Clarkston[1] 8 June 1953 Renamed Clarkston (Lanarks)[1] 9 January 1956 Closed[1] 6 March 2011 Reopened as Drumgelloch[2] 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 The new Drumgelloch railway station is a railway station serving the east of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 550m east[3] of the 1989 station on the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, on the site of the former Clarkston railway station. The station previously closed in 1956.[1]
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History
The first station on the site was opened on 11 August 1862 by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, and was named Clarkston.[1] It was renamed Clarkston (Lanarks) on 8 June 1953 by British Railways, who closed it on 9 January 1956.[1]
In 2005, the Scottish Executive announced that the closed section of line between the 1989 Drumgelloch station and Bathgate will be rebuilt as a double tracked electrified railway and has been termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. This resulted in the closure of the 1989 Drumgelloch station to be replaced by the new station 550m to the east on the site of the former Clarkston station. When the 1989 station opened, although in the Clarkston area of it took the name Drumgelloch to avoid confusion with the Clarkston station on the East Kilbride Line.[4]
It connects the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line at Bathgate to the North Clyde Line at Airdrie and opens up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The 2010 station is provided with a 336 space car park including 18 spaces for less able travellers and a dedicated area for cyclists.[3][5]
The station did not open for passenger traffic when the line opened on 12 December 2010 and passengers wishing to start or complete their journey at Drumgelloch initially had to transfer to a replacement bus service at Airdrie.[6] The station finally re-opened on 6 March 2011.[2]
Services
2010/2011 (from 12 December 2010)
Following the opening of the line between Airdrie and Bathgate,[7] the basic off-peak daytime service is:
- 2tph - Helensburgh Central to/from Edinburgh Waverley
- 2tph - Milngavie to/from Edinburgh Waverley
The evening service is:
- 2tph - Helensburgh Central to/from Edinburgh Waverley
The Sunday service is:
- 2tph - Helensburgh Central to/from Edinburgh Waverley
This is subject to sufficient Class 380 being introduced into service to allow the cascade of the Class 334 from the Ayrshire Coast Line to operate the new service.[5]
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Caldercruix First ScotRail
Airdrie Historical railways Plains
Line open; Station closedBathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Airdrie
Line and Station openReferences
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Butt 1995, p. 62
- ^ a b "All Stations on Airdrie-Bathgate link now open". 7 March 2011. http://www.airdriebathgateraillink.co.uk/news/all_stations_on_airdrie-bathgate_link_now_open.
- ^ a b "Relocated Drumgelloch Station". http://www.airdriebathgateraillink.co.uk/docs/NR_folder_fact_sheet_drumgelloch.pdf.
- ^ Chris, Milner (1 December 2010). "The new line A to B". The Railway Magazine (Mortons Media Ltd) 157 (1,317 (January 2011)): 25–28. http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Airdrie to Bathgate - New Drumgelloch Station". http://www.airdriebathgateraillink.co.uk/docs/Drumgelloch%20Jan.pdf.
- ^ "STATION UPDATE: ARMADALE, CALDERCRUIX & DRUMGELLOCH". Network Rail: Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link Project website. 13 January 2011. http://www.airdriebathgateraillink.co.uk/news/station_update_armadale_caldercruix_drumgelloch0/?sid=c6fa1e6f0acb910063fbf1dc0a204b82. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "National Rail Timetable 226; December 2010". http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec10/timetables/Table226.pdf. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
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.
External links
Categories:- Railway stations in North Lanarkshire
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1862
- Railway stations closed in 1956
- Railway stations opened in 2011
- SPT railway stations
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
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