Gartcosh railway station

Gartcosh railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Gartcosh
code = GRH


caption =
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Gartcosh
borough = North Lanarkshire
pte = SPT
platforms = 2
lowusage0506 = 59,959
lowusage0607 = 99,585
years = 9 May 2005
events = Opened

Gartcosh railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line 12 km (7¾ miles) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) station.

The station was opened on 9 May 2005 by HRH The Princess Royal. The station was built at a cost of over £3 million, provided by Strathclyde Passenger Transport and North Lanarkshire council, on the site of the previous Gartcosh station that closed in 1962.

ervices

Monday to Saturday there is a half-hourly service from Gartcosh to Glasgow Queen Street, westbound and Cumbernauld eastbound with an hourly service continuing to Falkirk Grahamston.

Sundays there is an hourly service to Glasgow and Cumbernauld.

External links

* [http://130.209.236.149/ewan/images/allimages.asp?location=Gartcosh Pictures of Gartcosh pre and post railway station - Garnkirk and Glasgow railway]
* [http://www.northlan.gov.uk/your+council/news/news+archive/hrh+princess+royal+visits+gartcosh.html "HRH The Princess Royal visits Gartcosh" - North Lanarkshire Council website]

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