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Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway The Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, also known as the "New Monkland Line", was built by Monkland Railways. It opened on 28 July 1863. The line was absorbed into the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on 31 July 1865. The following day (1 August 1865 ...

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, years = 11 August 1862 , events = Opened as ''Clarkston'' , years1 = 8 June 1953 , events1 = Renamed ''Clarkston (Lanarks)'' , years2 = 9 January 1956 , events2 = Closed , years3 = 6 March 2011 , events3 = Reopened as ''Drumgelloch'' , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the

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Drumgelloch railway station is 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 the east of Airdrie,

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. It is located east of the 1989 station on the former

, on the site of the former Clarkston railway station. The station previously closed in 1956.

History

The first station on the site was opened on 11 August 1862 by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, and was named ''Clarkston''. It was renamed ''Clarkston (Lanarks)'' on 8 June 1953 by British Railways, who closed it on 9 January 1956. In 2005, the Scottish Executive announced that the closed section of line between the 1989 Drumgelloch station and would be rebuilt as a double-tracked electrified railway 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 ...

. This resulted in the closure of the 1989 Drumgelloch station to be replaced by the new station 550m to the east on the site of the former Clarkston station. When the 1989 station opened, although in the Clarkston area, it took the name Drumgelloch to avoid confusion with the station on the

East Kilbride Line The Busby Railway is a short railway line built on the south side of Glasgow, connecting the (at the time) small villages of Thornliebank, Giffnock, Clarkston and Busby and later Thorntonhall and East Kilbride with the city. It opened in two st ...

. It connects 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 ...

at Bathgate to the

North Clyde Line The North Clyde Line (defined by Network Rail as the ''Glasgow North Electric Suburban'' line) is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by ScotRail Trains. As a result of the incorporation of the Airdrie–Bathga ...

at Airdrie and opens up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The 2010 station is provided with a 336-space car park including 18 spaces for less able travellers and a dedicated area for cyclists. The station did not open for passenger traffic when the line opened on 12 December 2010 and passengers wishing to start or complete their journey at Drumgelloch initially had to transfer to a replacement bus service at . The station finally reopened on 6 March 2011.

Services

2010/2011 (from 12 December 2010)

Following the opening of the line between Airdrie and Bathgate, the basic off-peak daytime service is: * 2tph - to/from * 2tph - to/from The evening service is: * 2tph - to/from The Sunday service is: * 2tph - to/from This is subject to sufficient Class 380 being introduced into service to allow the cascade of the Class 334 from the

Ayrshire Coast Line The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland. It has 26 stations and connects the Ayrshire coast to Glasgow. There are three branches, to , and , all running into the high level at . ...

to operate the new service.

References

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External links

RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

(A↔B) Airdrie - Bathgate Rail Link Project
{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Railway stations in North Lanarkshire Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2011 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail Reopened railway stations in Great Britain