Carfin Railway Station
Carfin railway station is a railway station serving both Carfin and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is Southeast (direction), southeast of Glasgow Central railway station on the Shotts Line between Glasgow Central railway station, Glasgow and Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Edinburgh. It contains two platforms; one for trains in the direction of Glasgow, and the other for trains to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts railway station, Shotts. Like the following stop on the Shotts Line, Holytown railway station, Holytown, the location of the station is ambiguous. It is located on the border between Carfin and Newarthill, for much of its recent history closer to a housing estate in the latter. It is now bordered immediately on both sides by housing developments. Services Trains from Carfin station provide an hourly service to the heart of Glasgow, stopping along the way at , and . is only served at peak times (and has been since December 213), whilst there is a sin ...
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Newarthill
Newarthill is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated roughly three miles north-east of the town of Motherwell. It has a population of around 6,200. Most local amenities are shared with the adjacent villages of Carfin, Holytown and New Stevenston which have a combined population of around 20,000 across the four localities. History Situated on rich tracts of coal and other minerals, the original settlement of Newarthill occurred in the early to mid-nineteenth century. Originally thought to have been named after the larger and more northerly Harthill, it has recently been discovered that historical mentions of Newarthill actually pre-date Harthill. One quoted, but unproven, derivation is the Gaelic Nuadh-Ard, meaning New Hill, with a tautological "hill" added in the English translation. Geography The town of Newarthill is roughly bounded by the Legbrannock Burn to the north, the railway line connecting Carfin and Cleland to the south, the junction of the B7066 wi ...
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