Greenfaulds railway station
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| Greenfaulds | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Greenfaulds | ||
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | GRL | ||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2002/03 * | 43,220 | ||
| 2004/05 * | 73,105 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 83,253 | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | SPT | ||
| History | |||
| 15 May 1989 | Opened | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Greenfaulds from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is located 21 km (13ΒΌ miles) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) on the Cumbernauld Line and is 17 km (11 miles) north of Motherwell railway station on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line.
[edit] Services
On the Cumbernauld Line, Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service from Greenfaulds to Glasgow Queen Street southbound and Cumbernauld northbound with a train hourly onwards to Falkirk Grahamston. Sundays there is an hourly service to Glasgow and Cumbernauld.
On the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line, Monday to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Motherwell southbound and to Cumbernauld northbound. There is no service Sundays.
There is also two large park and ride car parks at the station with both being behind the station although they are hardly used because of no advertisement by local papers or ScotRail.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Coatbridge Central | First ScotRail |
Cumbernauld | ||
| Gartcosh | First ScotRail |
Cumbernauld | ||
| Historical Railways | ||||
| Glenboig Line open; Station closed |
Caledonian Railway Main Line |
Cumbernauld Line and Station open |
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[edit] References
- 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
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