Caldercruix railway station

Railway station in North Lanarkshire, Scotland

55°53′17″N 3°53′16″W / 55.88798°N 3.88781°W / 55.88798; -3.88781Grid referenceNS819677Managed byScotRailPlatforms2Other informationStation codeCACClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOriginal companyBathgate and Coatbridge RailwayPre-groupingNorth British RailwayPost-groupingLNERKey dates11 August 1862Opened[1]9 January 1956Closed[1]13 February 2011Reopened[2]Passengers2018/19Decrease 98,2542019/20Increase 104,2922020/21Decrease 9,6282021/22Increase 51,7242022/23Increase 67,194 Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Caldercruix railway station serves the village of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line. Originally opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway in 1862, it was closed in 1956 then reopened in 2011 as part of the reopening of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link.

History

The station was originally opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 11 August 1862 and closed on 9 January 1956.[1]

Reopening

The station was due to be reopened as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link on 12 December 2010.[3] However, building work was held up by bad weather, and a bus service ferried passengers until the station was able to open.[4] The reopening eventually took place on 13 February 2011.[2]

The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between the towns of Airdrie and Bathgate.

Services

The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St Low Level and Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.[5]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Blackridge   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Drumgelloch
  Historical railways  
Forrestfield
Line open; Station closed 		  Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
North British Railway
   Plains
Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995), p. 51
  2. ^ a b "New station arrives for Caldercruix". 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  3. ^ "New £300m Airdrie-Bathgate rail link re-opens". BBC News Online. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Station update: Armadale, Caldercruix & Drumgelloch". 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Disused stations

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