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Coordinates: 55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°W / 55.867; -3.9501
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Drumgelloch
Drumgelloch station in January 2006
General information
LocationAirdrie, North Lanarkshire
United Kingdom
Coordinates55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°W / 55.867; -3.9501
Managed byFirst ScotRail
Transit authorityStrathclyde Partnership for Transport
Platforms1 (2 under construction)
Other information
Station codeDRU
History
Original companyBR Scottish Region
Key dates
May 1989Opened[1]
9 May 2010Station closed for relocation

Drumgelloch railway station serves Drumgelloch, an eastern suburb of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line, 20 km (12½ miles) east of Glasgow Queen Street, and the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway.

History

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The station was opened in 1989 as the terminus of a short extension of the existing line from Airdrie,[1] although the line to Bathgate that passed through here had been closed to all traffic seven years earlier (passenger services having ceased in 1956). The station had a single platform.

In 2005, the Scottish Executive approved the construction of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link, a double-tracked, electrified railway beyond Drumgelloch to Bathgate, with trains continuing via the Edinburgh-Bathgate line to Edinburgh Waverley, thereby opening up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh. As part of the project, Drumgelloch station is being relocated 550m to the east[2], close to the site of the former Clarkston station. This new station will be provided with a 336 space car park including 18 spaces for less able travellers and a dedicated area for cyclists.[3] Work commenced in 2008, and on 9 May 2010, the station was closed to allow for the construction. The relocated station will open in December 2010. In the interim period, service to the Drumgelloch area is being provided by rail-replacement buses.

Services

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Prior to May 2010, there was a half-hourly service each day from Drumgelloch towards Glasgow Queen Street and Helensburgh Central. Since then, a half-hourly bus service operates to and from Airdrie to connect with onward services to Glasgow and Helensburgh.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Airdrie   First ScotRail

North Clyde Line

  Terminus
From December 2010
Airdrie   First ScotRail
Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link
  Caldercruix
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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt (1995)
  2. ^ "Drumgelloch - Airdrie Bathgate Rail Link project".
  3. ^ "Airdrie to Bathgate - New Drumgelloch Station" (PDF).

Sources

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