Newton | |
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Location | |
Place | Cambuslang |
Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
Operations | |
Station code | NTN |
Managed by | First ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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Annual rail passenger usage | |
2002/03 * | 0.179 million |
2004/05 * | 0.283 million |
2005/06 * | 0.337 million |
2006/07 * | 0.367 million |
2007/08 * | 0.385 million |
2008/09 * | 0.467 million |
Passenger Transport Executive | |
PTE | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
History | |
Original company | Clydesdale Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
1 June 1849 | Original station opened |
19 December 1873 | Closed; new station opened |
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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Newton railway station is a railway station located between the town of Cambuslang and the village of Newton in South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail on the Argyle and Cathcart Circle Lines.
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The original Newton station was opened as part of the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849. The station also served the Hamilton Branch of the Caledonian Railway. It closed on 19 December 1873 and a new station was opened 605m due west on the same day. The station later served trains to and from the Glasgow Central Railway and the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway.
Newton station forms part of the Argyle Line 10 km (6 mi) south east of Glasgow Central (Low Level) and is also a terminus for the Cathcart Circle (Newton branch) 16 km (10 mi) south east of Glasgow Central (High Level).
Newton is also the location of a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Argyle/Cathcart Circle routes; it is at this point Argyle Line services leave the West Coast Main Line en route to the Hamilton Circle. This junction was the location of the Newton rail crash in 1991 when four people were killed and 22 injured.[1]
The extant platforms are located on the former slow lines through the station. The fast line platforms were removed at the time of the Cathcart Circle electrification. To the west of the station the lines from the Cathcart Circle are joined by a link line from the WCML. To the east of the station the line splits with one line heading southeast on the Hamilton circle, and link line heading towards Uddingston on the WCML. This link line also contains a turnback siding. At the time of its opening, all Argyle Line trains towards Uddingston and Bellshill stopped at Newton. Since the 1990/91 remodelling Argyle Line trains toward Bellshill no longer stop at the station. Shotts Line services via Uddingston and Intercity services pass the station on the main lines. The 2010/11 service has most Larkhall trains passing through the station without stopping.
The slow line platforms were electrified as part of the 1962 Cathcart Circle scheme through to Motherwell via the West Coast Main Line. The fast line platforms were taken out of use at this time.
The next electrification work was part of the 1974 West Coast Main Line electrication project when the Hamilton Circle was electrified. This layout was retained when the Argyle Line opened in 1979.
Following the closure of adjacent (to the south) steel works and East Coast Main Line electrification, the junction layout was revised in 1990/91 to allow Fast Line trains to pass through at higher speeds. It was as a result of these revisions that single lead junctions from the Kirkhill and Cambuslang directions were installed, that contributed to the Newton rail crash. After several months a double line link was reinstated from Kirkhill.
Following the opening of the Argyle Line there were three Hamilton circle trains in each way per hour (anti-clockwise - Hamilton then Motherwell; clockwise - Bellshill then Motherwell) and four trains per hour via Kirkhill to Glasgow Central (two via Langside and two via Mount Florida. Lanark trains ran non-stop on the adjacent fast lines.
On the Argyle Line, there are two Motherwell via Hamilton Central-bound services an hour: one an hour terminating in Motherwell and one continuing to Lanark. There are two per hour towards Glasgow Central and Milngavie (Balloch on Sundays).
On the Cathcart Circle, a half-hourly service operates from Newton every day. One journey per hour goes via Mount Florida and the other via Langside.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Blantyre | First ScotRail |
Cambuslang | ||
Kirkhill | First ScotRail |
Terminus | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Terminus | Caledonian Railway |
Carmyle Line closed; station open on another route |
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Kirkhill Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway |
Terminus | ||
Uddingston Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway |
Cambuslang Line and station open |
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Blantyre Line and station open |
Caledonian Railway |
Terminus |