Caldercruix railway station

Caldercruix
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General information
Location	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55°53′17″N 3°53′16″W / 55.88798°N 3.88781°W
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CAC
History
Original company	Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
11 August 1862	Opened
9 January 1956	Closed
13 February 2011	Reopened

Caldercruix railway station is a railway station serving Caldercruix, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt (1995), p. 51
^ ^a ^b "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.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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.
RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Disused stations

[Butt-1] Butt (1995), p. 51

[reopening13feb-2] "New station arrives for Caldercruix". 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

[3] "New £300m Airdrie-Bathgate rail link re-opens". BBC News Online. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.

[4] "Station update: Armadale, Caldercruix & Drumgelloch". 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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