User:RFBailey/Drumgelloch railway station
Drumgelloch | |
|---|---|
 Drumgelloch station in January 2006 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Airdrie, North Lanarkshire United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°W |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Transit authority | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
| Platforms | 1 (2 under construction) |
| Other information | |
| Station code | DRU |
| History | |
| Original company | BR Scottish Region |
| Key dates | |
| May 1989 | Opened[1] |
| 9 May 2010 | Station closed for relocation |
Drumgelloch railway station serves Drumgelloch, an eastern suburb of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line, 20 km (12½ miles) east of Glasgow Queen Street, and the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway.
History
[edit]The station was opened in 1989 as the terminus of a short extension of the existing line from Airdrie,[1] although the line to Bathgate that passed through here had been closed to all traffic seven years earlier (passenger services having ceased in 1956). The station had a single platform.
In 2005, the Scottish Executive approved the construction of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link, a double-tracked, electrified railway beyond Drumgelloch to Bathgate, with trains continuing via the Edinburgh-Bathgate line to Edinburgh Waverley, thereby opening up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. As part of the project, Drumgelloch station is being relocated 550m to the east[2], close to the site of the former Clarkston station. This new station will be provided with a 336 space car park including 18 spaces for less able travellers and a dedicated area for cyclists.[3] Work commenced in 2008, and on 9 May 2010, the station was closed to allow for the construction. The relocated station will open in December 2010. In the interim period, service to the Drumgelloch area is being provided by rail-replacement buses.
Services
[edit]Prior to May 2010, there was a half-hourly service each day from Drumgelloch towards Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central. Since then, a half-hourly bus service operates to and from Airdrie to connect with onward services to Glasgow and Helensburgh.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | First ScotRail |
Terminus | ||
| From December 2010 | ||||
| Airdrie | First ScotRail Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link |
Caldercruix | ||
Gallery
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Drumgelloch station, looking towards Airdrie station, with a Class 334 departing -
The end of the North Clyde line
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Butt (1995)
- ^ "Drumgelloch - Airdrie Bathgate Rail Link project".
- ^ "Airdrie to Bathgate - New Drumgelloch Station" (PDF).
Sources
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). British Rail Track Diagrams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
- Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8.
- Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7.
- Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248.
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