Airbles railway station
Airbles railway station serves the Airbles area of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in Scotland. It is located around 1⁄2 mile (1 km) away from Fir Park stadium, home of Motherwell F.C.
Airbles  | |
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| Location | Motherwell, North Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.782331°N 3.994509°W |
| Grid reference | NS750561 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Transit authority | SPT |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | AIR |
| Key dates | |
| 15 May 1989 | Station opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.127 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.143 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.133 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.114 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.119 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
The station was a new construction in 1989 by British Rail, on the Hamilton Circle.
The station missed out on services from the new Larkhall branch because the reopened line connects in a westerly direction as a result of the M74 now being in the location of the previous easterly junction.
Services
2016
The current service pattern, Mondays-Saturdays is:[1]
- 2tph to Dalmuir via Hamilton Central and Glasgow Central Low Level
- 2tph to Motherwell, with an hourly extension to Cumbernauld
The Sunday service is:
- 2tph to Milngavie, via Hamilton and Glasgow Central Low Level
- 2tph to Motherwell
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motherwell | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Hamilton Central | ||
References
Notes
- Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airbles railway station. |
- 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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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