Whifflet railway station

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Whifflet
Whifflet railway station
Location
Place	Coatbridge
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Operations
Station code	WFF
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	161,209
2004/05 *	186,203
2005/06 *	204,208
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Key dates	Opened October 1993
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whifflet from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
UK Railways Portal

Whifflet railway station is located in the Whifflet area of Coatbridge and is the terminal station on the Whifflet Line. Train services are provided by First ScotRail.

To the east of the station is the link line from the North Clyde Line at Sunnyside Junction. There are no platforms on this line.

[edit] Services

[edit] From 2006

The typical off-peak service from 2006 is a thirty minute service to Glasgow Central via Carmyle, and hourly service to Motherwell and Cumbernauld.

In addition to the services above, the station is served by Argyle Line trains running to Coatbridge Central in the morning and early evening peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		First ScotRail Whifflet Line		Kirkwood
Motherwell		First ScotRail Motherwell-Cumbernauld Line		Coatbridge Central
Coatbridge Central		First ScotRail Argyle Line (peak only)		Motherwell
Historical Railways
connection to Wishaw and Coltness Railway		Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway Caledonian Railway Main Line		Coatbridge Central
Mossend		Wishaw and Coltness Railway Caledonian Railway Main Line		connection to Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
Terminus		Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway Caledonian Railway		Langloan

[edit] 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, 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.