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1862: A worker at the coal depot was fatally crushed between some trucks and a passing train.
1867: On a westbound collision with the arch of the Glasgow Road bridge, a transported van rolled back into the following carriage, injuring five passengers, two seriously.
1892: A coal train struck a 12-year-old boy on the about to the west. After severing his right leg and left foot, he died within hours.
1900: A passenger train bisected the upper and lower parts of a man walking about to the west.
1901: A passing train sliced in two a man on the rail bridge.
1902: During fog, a passing engine inflicted massive head injuries to a man by the Haughhead Colliery signal box, about to the west.
1903: A passenger carriage sideswiped a bridge worker. Months later, an eastbound passenger train struck a man. After the front coupling hooked the mangled body, his clothing and limbs became scattered from the colliery signal box to .
1906: A westbound passenger train hauling three fruit vans at the rear, uncoupled one at . A brake failure caused the van to soon roll onto the main line, where it pursued and smashed into the rear of the train, which had inadvertently stopped west of Uddingston station. Eleven passengers received cuts and bruises, and the rolling stock incurred significant damage.
1908: A light engine hit a young man causing near fatal injuries.
1911: Near the Viewpark Colliery signal box, immediately east of Uddingston Junction, a westbound passenger train ran down two surfacemen. One died and the other sustained leg injuries and facial wounds.
1914: A porter seized a passenger, who was boarding a moving train. In the attempt to drag him back, both men dropped between the train and platform. The passenger sustained fractured ribs and the porter minor injuries. Later that year, a passing train fatally mangled a woman about to the west. The following month, a passing westbound express fatally injured a retired army doctor who fell from the platform.
1920: A passing train decapitated and mutilated a man west of the rail bridge.
1932: Falling between the carriage and the platform, a woman sustained two compound fractures below the knee.
1934: A westbound express fatally injured an LMS employee supervising repairs to the rail bridge.
1936: A passenger who dropped through a carriage window onto the platform, while his train bypassed the station, incurred minor injuries.
1957: On a 12-coach Mid-Day Scot, three of the five derailed units sustained serious damage. On board, one person was killed and five were injured. Restoring the of damaged track took 24 hours.
2013: An individual experienced leg injuries on being struck by a train.
2014: A cyclist became trapped under a train after riding off the platform edge.
Uddingston
Uddingston ( sco, Uddinstoun, gd, Baile Udain) is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the north side of the River Clyde, south-east of Glasgow city centre, and acts as a dormitory suburb for the city.
Geography and boundaries ...
, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
. ScotRail provides passenger services to this station on the Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. The line serves the commercial and shopping districts of Glasgow's central area, and connects towns from West Dunbartonshire to South Lanarkshire. Named for Glasgow's Argyl ...
and Shotts Line
The Shotts Line is a suburban railway line linking and via in Scotland. It is one of the four rail links between the two cities.
Between Glasgow Central and , the line is shared with the West Coast Main Line (WCML), before branching off tow ...
.
History
Overview
The first Uddingston station, on the east side of the Glasgow Road bridge, was opened by theClydesdale Junction Railway
The Clydesdale Junction Railway company was formed to build a railway connecting Motherwell and Hamilton with Glasgow, in Scotland.
Conceived for local journeys, it was used by the main line Caledonian Railway to get access to Glasgow, and was so ...
on 1 June 1849. In 1878, it was replaced by the second one immediately west of the bridge. The station was renamed Uddingston Central (1952–1962) to avoid confusion with the nearby Uddingston (NB) renamed . The latter closing in 1955, the former reverted to Uddingston in 1962.Butt (1995), page 237
Prior to the 2014 Whifflet Line
The Whifflet Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland.
History
The line was built between 1863 and 1865 as the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway, part of the Caledonian Railway. It opened to goods tr ...
electrification, Argyle Line services provided through links to Central Low Level via and then onwards to via northbound and to Motherwell southbound (alternate services continued to ).
Access & facilities
The building on Station Road, housing various public facilities, leads to Platform 1 (Glasgow-bound trains). A footbridge over the double track connects to Platform 2 (Motherwell/Edinburgh-bound trains) and the car park.Enhancements
Around 2005, ScotRail, SPT and South Lanarkshire Council funded improvements that included: * £610,000 investment in more than doubling the number of parking spaces and improving pedestrian access * installation of an automatic ticket vending machine and renewal of ticketing system within booking office * the opening of the " Coffee Stop" * addition of hanging baskets and floral beds through working with the local community * new station seating both on platforms and within the waiting room * installation of flat-screendestination display
A destination sign (North American English) or destination indicator/destination blind (British English) is a sign mounted on the front, side or rear of a public transport vehicle, such as a bus, tram/streetcar or light rail vehicle, that dis ...
s for both platforms and waiting area
* addition of fully accessible public toilets on Platform 1
* addition of public telephone on Platform 1
* refurbishment of the waiting room on Platform 1 to meet accessibility requirements including automatic doors and accessible ticket counter
Since 2005, a volunteer group has been responsible for beautifying the station precinct with flower beds and hanging baskets.
Free parking attracted commuters from outside the area. The proposal to expand the park and ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system ( ...
facility appears to have been actioned in 2019.
Accidents
1862: A worker at the coal depot was fatally crushed between some trucks and a passing train.
1867: On a westbound collision with the arch of the Glasgow Road bridge, a transported van rolled back into the following carriage, injuring five passengers, two seriously.
1892: A coal train struck a 12-year-old boy on the about to the west. After severing his right leg and left foot, he died within hours.
1900: A passenger train bisected the upper and lower parts of a man walking about to the west.
1901: A passing train sliced in two a man on the rail bridge.
1902: During fog, a passing engine inflicted massive head injuries to a man by the Haughhead Colliery signal box, about to the west.
1903: A passenger carriage sideswiped a bridge worker. Months later, an eastbound passenger train struck a man. After the front coupling hooked the mangled body, his clothing and limbs became scattered from the colliery signal box to .
1906: A westbound passenger train hauling three fruit vans at the rear, uncoupled one at . A brake failure caused the van to soon roll onto the main line, where it pursued and smashed into the rear of the train, which had inadvertently stopped west of Uddingston station. Eleven passengers received cuts and bruises, and the rolling stock incurred significant damage.
1908: A light engine hit a young man causing near fatal injuries.
1911: Near the Viewpark Colliery signal box, immediately east of Uddingston Junction, a westbound passenger train ran down two surfacemen. One died and the other sustained leg injuries and facial wounds.
1914: A porter seized a passenger, who was boarding a moving train. In the attempt to drag him back, both men dropped between the train and platform. The passenger sustained fractured ribs and the porter minor injuries. Later that year, a passing train fatally mangled a woman about to the west. The following month, a passing westbound express fatally injured a retired army doctor who fell from the platform.
1920: A passing train decapitated and mutilated a man west of the rail bridge.
1932: Falling between the carriage and the platform, a woman sustained two compound fractures below the knee.
1934: A westbound express fatally injured an LMS employee supervising repairs to the rail bridge.
1936: A passenger who dropped through a carriage window onto the platform, while his train bypassed the station, incurred minor injuries.
1957: On a 12-coach Mid-Day Scot, three of the five derailed units sustained serious damage. On board, one person was killed and five were injured. Restoring the of damaged track took 24 hours.
2013: An individual experienced leg injuries on being struck by a train.
2014: A cyclist became trapped under a train after riding off the platform edge.
Sidings
A goods yard existed to the north east of Glasgow Rd that included the siding for John Gray & Co.'s Uddingston Iron Works. The Viewpark Colliery siding, that stretched west-northwest, and slightly more east-southeast, from near the present day southern end of Spindlehowe Rd, was accessed initially from that location (just east of the Uddingston Junction), and later from the NBR.Services
, - , , The hourly (two-hourly Sundays) Shotts Line terminates atEdinburgh Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...
.
East
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
and West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...
trains pass through the station to/from but do not stop.
Passengers wishing to reach destinations on the routes via Central Low Level must change at Cambuslang or transfer between the main line and Low Level platforms at Central for onward connections.
Footnotes
References
* * {{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail Railway stations in South Lanarkshire Former Caledonian Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849 SPT railway stations Railway stations served by ScotRail 1849 establishments in Scotland Bothwell and Uddingston