Blantyre railway station
Blantyre  | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic: Blantaidhr | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Blantyre |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°47′50″N 4°05′12″W / 55.7972°N 4.0867°WCoordinates: 55°47′50″N 4°05′12″W / 55.7972°N 4.0867°W |
| Grid reference | NS692579 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BLT |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 0.490 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.527 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.561 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.603 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.623 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Clydesdale Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 17 September 1849 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blantyre from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Blantyre railway station serves the burgh of Blantyre, near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Argyle Line, 14 km (8¾ miles) south east of Glasgow Central railway station (Low Level). Passenger services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
History
The Clydesdale Junction Railway (CJR) was authorised in 1845, but before being opened, was absorbed by the Caledonian Railway (CR) in 1846. The section of the CJR between Newton and Hamilton was opened by the CR on 5 September 1849,[1] with Blantyre station opening on 17 September 1849.[2]
Originally a Victorian style station featuring two wooden station buildings, one on each of the two platforms, these were demolished in the late 1970s. It was replaced by a modern building on the western side of the line.
Originally served by steam trains and later diesel multiple units, the line originally connected Blantyre to Glasgow Central High Level. Following the West Coast Main Line electrification in 1974 by British Rail, the line was worked by electric multiple units with services via Cambuslang and occasional services via Kirkhill. Upon development of the Argyle Line it was connected through to the north western fringes of Glasgow.
The station is 2 miles 29 chains (3.8 km) from the junction at Newton. There are two tracks; both are electrified on the 25kV 50Hz AC overhead system. Each track has a platform on the outside of the rail line, long enough for an eight-coach train.[3]
Services
2006/07
Monday to Saturdays, 4 trains per hour go to Glasgow Central Low Level, before continuing to (Dalmuir/Milngavie) northbound. Southbound a half-hourly service operates to Motherwell via Airbles; one of these per hour continues to Lanark via Holytown. Additionally a half-hourly Larkhall express service calls at Blantyre before continuing up to Hamilton Central then onto the Larkhall line and terminating. Blantyre has a half-hourly service on Sundays between Motherwell and Balloch via Airbles and Yoker.
2014/15
Mondays to Saturdays still sees four services per hour each way calling here, but following a recast of the Argyle Line timetable the destination pattern has changed significantly. Northbound there are now four trains per hour to Dalmuir - one each via Clydebank and via Singer every 30 minutes calling at all stations en route. Southbound there are two trains per hour to Larkhall and two to Motherwell, with one of the latter each hour extended to Cumbernauld via Whifflet rather than Lanark via Holytown. On Sundays there are two trains each hour between Motherwell and Milngavie calling in each direction along with an hourly service each way between Balloch and Larkhall.[4]
2016
4 tph still call at the station in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, but now head northbound alternately to Dalmuir via Yoker and to Milngavie. The southbound pattern remains unchanged, as does the Sunday service.[5]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton West | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Newton | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Hamilton West | Caledonian Railway Hamilton Branch |
Newton | ||
References
Notes
Sources
- Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
- 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.
- Yonge, John (May 1987). Gerald Jacobs, ed. British Rail Track Diagams - Book 1: ScotRail (1st ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0948-6.
- Yonge, John (February 1993). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (2nd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 0-9006-0995-8.
- Yonge, John (April 1996). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland and the Isle of Man (3rd ed.). Exeter: Quail Map Company. ISBN 1-8983-1919-7.
- Yonge, John (2007). Gerald Jacobs, ed. Railway Track Diagams - Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (Quail Track Plans) (fifth ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps (formerly Quail Map Co). ISBN 978-0-9549866-3-6. OCLC 79435248.