Lenzie railway station

Lenzie
Location
Place Lenzie
Local authority East Dunbartonshire
Operations
Station code LNZ
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *   0.637 million
2004/05 * 0.775 million
2005/06 * 0.793 million
2006/07 * 0.794 million
2007/08 * 0.782 million
2008/09 * 1.049 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (E&G)
Pre-grouping North British Railway (NB)
Post-grouping LNER
5 July 1848 Opened as Kirkintilloch Junction[1]
December 1849 Renamed Campsie Junction[1][2]
November 1867 Renamed Lenzie Junction[2][3]
June 1890 Renamed Lenzie[3]
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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 Lenzie from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Croy Line 10 km (6ΒΌ miles) north east of Glasgow Queen Street. Trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line pass Lenzie by.

The station is served by First ScotRail on behalf of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.

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History

The station was opened as Kirkintilloch Junction on 5 July 1848 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,[1] being renamed three times by the North British Railway, to Campsie Junction in December 1849,[2] Lenzie Junction in November 1867[3] and finally Lenzie in June 1890.[3]

To the east of the station was a complex of junctions which allowed eastbound trains to travel to Kirkintilloch via the Campsie Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to Garnqueen South Junction and Gartsherrie North Junction (both with the Caledonian Railway Main Line) to Coatbridge Sunnyside via the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.[4]

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow and northbound to Dunblane or Alloa (alternating).

Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction to Glasgow and Alloa.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bishopbriggs   First ScotRail

Croy Line

  Croy
Historical railways
Bishopbriggs
Station and line open
  Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

North British Railway

  Croy
Station and line open
Campsie Branch

North British Railway

Kirkintilloch
Station and line closed
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway

North British Railway

Coatbridge Sunnyside
Station open; line closed

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Butt (1995), page 136
  2. ^ a b c Butt (1995), page 52
  3. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 141
  4. ^ Jowett (1989), pages 19 & 24

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