Coatdyke railway station
Coatdyke  | |
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Coatdyke railway station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Quarry Street/Riddell Street Coatbridge |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°51′52″N 4°00′18″W / 55.8644°N 4.0050°WCoordinates: 55°51′52″N 4°00′18″W / 55.8644°N 4.0050°W |
| Grid reference | NS746652 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | COA |
| 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 |
 0.331 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.343 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.332 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.343 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.344 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Original company | Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 1 February 1871 | 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 Coatdyke from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Coatdyke railway station is situated on Quarry Street/Riddell Street in the Cliftonville area of Coatbridge[1] and 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street. It is the closest railway station to Coatbridge College and Monklands Hospital.
History
The station was opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 1 February 1871.[2] The station now has no structures other than simple shelters. The ticket hall that was built when the Airdrie-Helensburgh line was electrified in 1960 was demolished in the early 1990s. Similar structures, built in the same style, still survive at Easterhouse and Airdrie stations.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes:[3]
- Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
- Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
- Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
- Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (As of August 2016 this service no longer calls at Shettleston, Cartyne and Bellgrove. Passengers for these stations please use the half-hourly service towards Balloch instead.)
Evening services are as follows:
- Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
- Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
Sunday services are as follows:
- Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
- Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Coatbridge Sunnyside | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Airdrie Line and Station open |
North British Railway Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway |
To Greenside Junction with Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Line open | ||
Facilities
The station has a car park but is not permanently staffed.[4]
References
Notes
- ↑ "http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/coa/details.html" Postcode is ML6 0LZ, i.e. Airdrie
- ↑ Butt (1995), p64
- ↑ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/COA.aspx
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.
- RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway