Carfin railway station
Carfin  | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Place | Newarthill |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°48′27″N 3°57′20″W / 55.8076°N 3.9556°WCoordinates: 55°48′27″N 3°57′20″W / 55.8076°N 3.9556°W |
| Grid reference | NS775588 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CRF |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 |
 55,928 |
| 2005/06 |
58,996 |
| 2006/07 |
66,814 |
| 2007/08 |
69,070 |
| 2008/09 |
85,200 |
| 2009/10 |
 81,498 |
| 2010/11 |
81,088 |
| 2011/12 |
92,730 |
| 2012/13 |
99,378 |
| History | |
| Original company | LMS |
| ?[1] | Opened as Carfin Halt |
| 1 December 1930[1] | Closed |
| ?[1] | Reopened |
| 16 May 1983[1] | Renamed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Carfin from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Carfin railway station is a railway station serving both Carfin and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Glasgow Central railway station on the Shotts Line between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
It contains two platforms; one for trains in the direction of Glasgow, and the other for trains to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.
Like the following stop on the Shotts Line - Holytown - the location of the station is ambiguous, since it is situated between Carfin and Newarthill, although closer to a housing estate which is classed as being in Newarthill.
Services
Trains from Carfin station provides an hourly service to the heart of Glasgow, stopping along the way at Holytown, Bellshill, Uddingston and Cambuslang (limited service only since December 2013). Sunday services only run from Glasgow Central to Shotts for the month prior to Christmas.[2]
However from 9 December 2012 a new two-hourly service was put into operation between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley in both directions.[3]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleland | ScotRail Shotts Line |
Holytown | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| OMOA | Cleland and Midcalder Line Caledonian Railway |
Holytown | ||
| Cleland (Old) Line and station closed |
Wishaw and Coltness Railway Caledonian Railway |
connection to Cleland and Midcalder Line | ||
References
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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- RAILSCOT on Cleland and Midcalder Line
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carfin railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Carfin railway station from National Rail