Airbles railway station serves the

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area of

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. It is located around away from

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stadium, home of

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History

The station was a new construction in 1989 by

British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

, on the Hamilton Circle. The station missed out on services from the new Larkhall branch because the reopened line connects in a westerly direction as a result of the M74 now being in the location of the previous easterly junction.

Services

2016

The current service pattern, Mondays-Saturdays is: * 2tph to Dalmuir via Hamilton Central and Glasgow Central Low Level * 2tph to Motherwell, with an hourly extension to Cumbernauld The Sunday service is: * 2tph to Milngavie, via Hamilton and Glasgow Central Low Level * 2tph to Motherwell

2022 - Anderson Tunnel Closure

Due to engineering work in the Anderson tunnel between Rutherglen and Exhibition Centre between the 13th of March till the 8th of May, the service frequency will be altered to:ScotRail Lanarkshir
Timetable
March 2022 Monday - Saturday: * 1tph to Glasgow Central High Level via Hamilton, Newton and Mount Florida * 1tph to Motherwell with only peak time services extending to Cumbernauld Sunday: * 1tph to Glasgow Central High Level via Hamilton, Newton and Mount Florida * 1tph to Motherwell Trains that run to Cumbernauld on the weekdays and Saturdays will only be operated between Motherwell and Cumbernauld during the closure apart from the extra peak time service. Replacement bus services will operate from Newton and call between stations from Newton to Partick.

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* * {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Buildings and structures in Motherwell SPT railway stations Railway stations in North Lanarkshire Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1989 1989 establishments in Scotland Railway stations served by ScotRail