Coatdyke railway station

Coatdyke National Rail

Coatdyke railway station
Location
Place Quarry Street/Riddell Street Coatbridge
Local authority North Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°51′52″N 4°00′18″W / 55.8644°N 4.0050°WCoordinates: 55°51′52″N 4°00′18″W / 55.8644°N 4.0050°W
Grid reference NS746652
Operations
Station code COA
Managed by ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03  0.182 million
2004/05 Increase 0.232 million
2005/06 Increase 0.256 million
2006/07 Increase 0.269 million
2007/08 Increase 0.291 million
2008/09 Increase 0.369 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.325 million
2010/11 Increase 0.331 million
2011/12 Increase 0.343 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.331 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping LNER
1 February 1871 Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coatdyke from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal
Coatdyke railway station entrance

Coatdyke railway station is situated on Quarry Street/Riddell Street in the Cliftonville area of Coatbridge[1] and 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street. It is the closest railway station to Coatbridge College and Monklands Hospital.

History

The station was opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 1 February 1871.[2] The station now has no structures other than simple shelters. The ticket hall that was built when the Airdrie-Helensburgh line was electrified in 1960 was demolished in the early 1990s. Similar structures, built in the same style, still survive at Easterhouse and Airdrie stations.

Services

It serves eastern Coatbridge and western Airdrie, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.

2008

From Coatdyke trains are every 15 minutes, Monday to Saturday daytimes and half-hourly evenings and Sundays towards Glasgow Queen Street and beyond (Balloch / Helensburgh Central) westbound and towards Airdrie eastbound.

2013

Though the basic 15-minute interval service in each direction still operates, two eastbound services per hour now run through to & from Edinburgh Waverley via Bathgate. Westbound trains run alternately to Helensburgh Central and Balloch via Singer as before.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Airdrie   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Coatbridge Sunnyside
Historical railways
Airdrie
Line and Station open
  North British Railway
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
  To Greenside Junction
with Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Line open

Facilities

The station has a car park but is not permanently staffed.[3]

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