Carmyle railway station

Carmyle
Location
Place Carmyle
Local authority Glasgow
Operations
Station code CML
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2005/06 * 100,001
2006/07 * 102,165
2007/08 * 106,206
2008/09 * 118,234
2009/10 * 124,262
History
Original company Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
8 January 1866 Opened[1]
1897 Glasgow Central Railway services commence
5 October 1964 Closed[1]
4 October 1993 Re-opened[1]
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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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carmyle from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Carmyle railway station is located in the Carmyle area of Glasgow. It is on the Whifflet Line, 9 km (5½ miles) east of Glasgow Central railway station. Train services are provided by First ScotRail.

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History

Carmyle Station stood on the junction of the Glasgow Central Railway and Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway. The Glasgow Central Railway lines closed in 1966.

Services

A half-hourly service operates between Glasgow Central and Whifflet stations, on Mondays to Saturdays. Sunday services only run for the month prior to Christmas,[2] and are extended to Shotts.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Mount Vernon   First ScotRail

Whifflet Line

  Glasgow Central
Historical railways
Broomhouse
Line and station open
  Caledonian Railway

Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway

  Rutherglen
Line open
and station partially open
Newton
Line closed; station open
on other routes
  Caledonian Railway

Glasgow Central Railway

  Tollcross
Line and station closed
Kirkhill
Line closed; station open
on other routes
Caledonian Railway

Glasgow Central Railway and
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995), page 54
  2. ^ National Rail Timetable

Sources