Caldercruix railway station
Caldercruix railway station serves the village of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line. Originally opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway in 1862, it was closed in 1956 then reopened in 2011 as part of the reopening of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link.
Caldercruix  | |
|---|---|
 Caldercruix railway station facing East towards Blackridge | |
| Location | Caldercruix, North Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.88798°N 3.88781°W |
| Grid reference | NS819677 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CAC |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 11 August 1862 | Opened[1] |
| 9 January 1956 | Closed[1] |
| 13 February 2011 | Reopened[2] |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.111 million |
| 2016/17 |  88,688 |
| 2017/18 | 100,404 |
| 2018/19 | 98,254 |
| 2019/20 | 104,292 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
The station was originally opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 11 August 1862 and closed on 9 January 1956.[1]
Reopening
The station was due to be reopened as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link on 12 December 2010.[3] However, building work was held up by bad weather, and a bus service ferried passengers until the station was able to open.[4] The reopening eventually took place on 13 February 2011.[2]
The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between the towns of Airdrie and Bathgate.
Services
The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St Low Level and Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.[5]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackridge | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Drumgelloch | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Forrestfield Line open; Station closed |
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway North British Railway |
Plains Line open; Station closed | ||
References
Notes
- Butt (1995), p. 51
- "New station arrives for Caldercruix". 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- "New £300m Airdrie-Bathgate rail link re-opens". BBC News Online. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- "Station update: Armadale, Caldercruix & Drumgelloch". 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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
- Disused stations