Drumgelloch railway station was a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

serving Drumgelloch, an eastern suburb of Airdrie,

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. The station was managed by

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and was the eastern terminus of the

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, 20 km (12½ miles) east of from May 1989 to May 2010.

History

The station was opened in 1989 by British Rail as the terminus of a short extension of the existing line from Airdrie, although the line to Bathgate Upper that passed through here had been closed to all traffic seven years earlier (passenger services having ceased in 1956). The

has been extended eastwards beyond Drumgelloch towards , connecting with the

Edinburgh–Bathgate line The Edinburgh–Bathgate line is a railway line in East Central Scotland. It is also known as the Bathgate branch and was originally operated by the Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway. Except for the short section at the original Bathgate terminus ...

. Plans for the project (termed the

Airdrie–Bathgate rail link The Airdrie–Bathgate rail link is a completed railway project in central Scotland. Instigated as part of a round of transport improvement projects proposed by the then Scottish Executive in 2003, the plan was to open up a fourth direct railw ...

) were approved by the Scottish Parliament in March 2007 and received

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in May 2007. Work commenced in 2008. As part of this project, the 1989 single platform Drumgelloch station was closed on 9 May 2010. A substitute bus service was provided until a new station at a new site 550 metres further east was opened on 6 March 2011.

Services

There was a half-hourly service each day from Drumgelloch to and .

From May 2010

Following closure of the station as part of the Airdrie to Bathgate project, a half-hourly bus service operated to and from Airdrie station to connect with onward services to Glasgow and Helensburgh.

From December 2010

Upon the opening of the 2010 station services operated from the new location, initially by bus due to delays in completion as a result of the inclement weather at the end of November 2010.

Gallery

Image:Drumgelloch station BJFS2.jpg, Drumgelloch station, looking towards Airdrie station, with a departing Image:Drumgelloch station BJFS1.jpg, Drumgelloch station sign

References

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External links

Airdrie to Bathgate rail link website
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