Whifflet railway station

Whifflet
Whifflet railway station
Location
Place	Coatbridge
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.854°N 4.019°W / 55.854; -4.019
Operations
Station code	WFF
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2005/06 *	204,208
2006/07 *	218,967
2007/08 *	229,628
2008/09 *	254,654
2009/10 *	246,624
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Opened October 1993 (October 1993)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whifflet from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Whifflet railway station is located in the Whifflet area of Coatbridge and is the terminal station on the Whifflet Line. Train services are provided by First ScotRail.

To the east of the station is the link line from the North Clyde Line at Sunnyside Junction. There are no platforms on this line.

Services

2006 - 2011

The typical off-peak service since 2006 is:

• thirty minute service to Glasgow Central via Carmyle operated by Class 156.
• hourly service to Motherwell and Cumbernauld operated by Class 156.

In addition to the services above, the station is served by Argyle Line trains running to Coatbridge Central in the morning and early evening peak hours operated by operated by Class 318 or Class 334

There is also a service from Glasgow Central through Whifflet on to Shotts on the four Sundays before Christmas.

2011

The typical off-peak service since 2006 is:

• thirty minute service to Glasgow Central via Carmyle operated by Class 158.^{[citation needed]}
• hourly service to Motherwell and Cumbernauld operated by Class 158.

In addition to the services above, the station is served by Argyle Line trains running to Coatbridge Central in the morning and early evening peak hours operated by operated by Class 318 or Class 334

There is also a service from Glasgow Central through Whifflet on to Shotts on the four Sundays before Christmas.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Holytown (4 Sundays before Christmas only)		First ScotRail Whifflet Line		Kirkwood
Motherwell		First ScotRail Motherwell-Cumbernauld Line		Coatbridge Central
Coatbridge Central		First ScotRail Argyle Line (peak only)		Motherwell
	Historical railways
connection to Wishaw and Coltness Railway		Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway Caledonian Railway Main Line		Coatbridge Central
Mossend		Wishaw and Coltness Railway Caledonian Railway Main Line		connection to Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
Terminus		Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway Caledonian Railway		Langloan

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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.