Stepps railway station serves the small town of Stepps,

North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also ...

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. The

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is located on the

Cumbernauld Line The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow to Falkirk via Cumbernauld in Scotland. Since May 2014, the newly electrified track between Springburn and Cumbernauld has become an extension of the North Clyde network. Se ...

, 5¼ miles (8 km) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) and is managed by

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History

The station is sited on the former

Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway was an early railway built primarily to carry coal to Glasgow and other markets from the Monkland coalfields, shortening the journey and bypassing the monopolistic charges of the Monkland Canal; passenger traffic ...

, which originally opened back to 1831 and later formed part of the

Caledonian Railway The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century with the objective of forming a link between English railways and Glasgow. It progressively extended its network and reached Edinburgh an ...

main line from Glasgow Buchanan Street. A station at Stepps (originally known as ''Stepps Road'') was opened on this line sometime around 1831/2 (when the line was extended to Coatbridge), which was then closed by the

British Railways 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 5 November 1962. The present station (a short distance to the east) was opened 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 ...

with financial support from

Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a regional transport partnership for the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. It is responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system in the are ...

on 15 May 1989. Electrification was established in 2014 with services from Springburn being extended to Cumbernauld.

Services

2017

Monday to Saturday, there is a half-hourly

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service to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and westbound and eastbound along with an hourly diesel service between Queen Street High Level and . Electric services reverse at Springburn to access 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–Bathgat ...

following the inauguration of electrification between Springburn & Cumbernauld on 18 May 2014, but the service to/from Falkirk remains diesel operated at present. On Sundays there is an hourly service to via Glasgow Queen St LL and to Cumbernauld.

2018/19

From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service started, replacing the hourly DMU service and taking over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The service uses new

Class 385 The British Rail Class 385 ''AT200'' is a type of electric multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail for Abellio ScotRail. A total of 70 units have been built, divided into 46 three-car and 24 four-car sets. Based on the design of the Hitachi A-train, ...

EMUs.

Facilities

The station has a car park as well as cycle storage, but is not staffed. There is a ticket machine on the westbound platform, but not on the eastbound platform. A new 48 space car park was opened on the former site of St Joseph's Hall.

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* Railway stations in North Lanarkshire SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1831 1831 establishments in Scotland Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1989 Reopened railway stations in Great Britain {{NorthLanarkshire-railstation-stub