Cleland railway station is a

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serving the village of

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, near

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. Built on the

Cleland and Midcalder Line Cleland and Midcalder Line is a historic railway line in Scotland. Built by the Caledonian Railway and opened in 1869, it provides a link between Glasgow and Edinburgh through the mining communities of Lanarkshire and West Lothian. History The ...

it was originally named 'Omoa', after the nearby

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, until on the

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closed in 1930. It is located on the

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, east of towards via

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. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by

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History

In 2019 the footbridge was replaced and lifts installed, allowing step-free access to both platforms.

Services

It is currently served (Monday to Saturday) by one

service each hour between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley, plus one return service each day to/from . On Sundays, there was normally no service prior to the December 2012 timetable change. However, in the four weeks leading up to Christmas an hourly service to Glasgow Central from Shotts via Whifflet is laid on for shoppers. Cleland was not included in the timetable for the express passenger service along this line between Glasgow and Edinburgh. However, from 9 December 2012 a new two-hourly Sunday service began operating between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley in both directions.GB National Rail Timetable 2013, Table 225

Traction

The staple passenger traction on this line is the and , though have been used in times of vehicle breakdown and shortages as well as for driver training. Engineering works on other routes between Glasgow and Edinburgh may result in other diesel hauled passenger traction being seen, but these almost never call at this station. Regular containerload and

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traffic also traverses the line regularly.

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Video footage of Cleland station
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