Airdrie railway station
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Airdrie | |||
Location | |||
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Place | Airdrie | ||
Local authority | North Lanarkshire | ||
Operations | |||
Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
Station code | ADR | ||
Platforms in use | 2 | ||
Annual Passenger Usage | |||
2002/03 * | 0.802 million | ||
2004/05 ** | 0.910 million | ||
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport | |||
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport List of Strathclyde stations: Glasgow Subway |
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National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Airdrie. | |||
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Airdrie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line 17 km (11 miles) east of Glasgow Queen Street.
Once the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link reopens, the station will be refurbished. Plans include a third platform capable of holding 9 carriages opposite platform 2, the extension of platform 2 and a large car park facility.
[edit] Services
The station is served by half hourly trains from Drumgelloch to Helensburgh Central and return which use platform 2.
Platform 1 is used by trains from Airdrie to Balloch via Singer, providing a 15 minute frequency towards Glasgow Queen Street Monday to Saturday daytimes.
In addition to this, there are some peak time express services to Milngavie. These call at Coatdyke, Coatbridge Sunnyside and Blairhill before running fast to High Street then at all stations to Milngavie.
Evenings and Sundays, the half-hourly Drumgelloch to Helensburgh Central service operates.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Drumgelloch | First ScotRail |
Coatdyke | ||
Historical Railways | ||||
Drumgelloch Line and Station open |
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway (North British Railway) |
Coatdyke Line and Station open |
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Airdrie railway station from National Rail
- Close up aerial view of Airdrie station