Coatdyke railway station

Coatdyke railway station is situated on Quarry Street/Riddell Street in the Cliftonville area of Coatbridge[1] and 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street. It is the closest railway station to Coatbridge College and Monklands Hospital.

Coatdyke
Coatdyke railway station
LocationQuarry Street/Riddell Street Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55.8644°N 4.0050°W / 55.8644; -4.0050
Grid referenceNS746652
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Transit authoritySPT
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCOA
History
Original companyBathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 February 1871Opened
Passengers
2015/16 0.337 million
2016/17 0.370 million
2017/18 0.293 million
2018/19 0.289 million
2019/20 0.280 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Coatdyke railway station entrance

History

The station was opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 1 February 1871.[2] The station now has no structures other than simple shelters. The ticket hall that was built when the Airdrie-Helensburgh line was electrified in 1960 was demolished in the early 1990s. Similar structures, built in the same style, still survive at Easterhouse and Airdrie stations.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes:[3]

  • Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
  • Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
  • Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
  • Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (as of 2019 this service does not always call at Shettleston, Cartyne and Easterhouse. Passengers for these stations use the half-hourly service towards Balloch instead.)

Evening services are as follows:

  • Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
  • Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level

Sunday services are as follows:

  • Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
  • Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Airdrie   Abellio ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Coatbridge Sunnyside
  Historical railways  
Airdrie
Line and Station open
  North British Railway
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
  To Greenside Junction
with Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Line open

Facilities

There is a small car park in the street outside the station. This station is unstaffed.[4]

References

Notes

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • 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.
  • RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway


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