Uddingston railway station

Uddingston National Rail
Location
Place Uddingston
Local authority South Lanarkshire
Coordinates 55°49′25″N 4°05′12″W / 55.8235°N 4.0867°WCoordinates: 55°49′25″N 4°05′12″W / 55.8235°N 4.0867°W
Grid reference NS693608
Operations
Station code UDD
Managed by ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05 0.533 million
2005/06 0.581 million
2006/07 0.616 million
2007/08 0.647 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
History
Original company Clydesdale Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping LMS
1 June 1849 Opened as Uddingston[1]
3 March 1952 Renamed as Uddingston Central[1][2]
1962? Renamed as Uddingston[1][2]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Uddingston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Uddingston railway station serves the town of Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is located on the Argyle Line and Shotts Line. Passenger services are provided by ScotRail.

History

The station was opened as Uddingston by the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849.[1] Following nationalisation of the UK railway network in 1948, the station was renamed Uddingston Central to avoid confusion with the nearby Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway station also of the same name, renamed Uddingston East the following year, only to close in 1955.[2] At some time prior to, or during, electrification of the Cathcart Circle Lines and the Clydesdale Junction Railway from Newton to Motherwell the station name reverted to Uddingston.

Overview

The main entrance is located on Station Road. Passengers travel through the Ticket Office and the "Coffee Stop" to Platform 1 (Glasgow-bound trains). Platform 2 (Motherwell/Edinburgh-bound trains) and the car park are accessible by a footbridge over the double line.

Refurbishments

The station has received major investment in recent years funded by ScotRail, SPT and South Lanarkshire Council. Improvements include:

Services

East and West Coast Main Line trains pass through the station to/from Glasgow Central but do not stop. Argyle Line services do however call every half hour in each direction throughout the week. These formerly provided through links to Central Low Level via Rutherglen and then onwards to Dalmuir via Yoker northbound and to Motherwell southbound (alternate services continue to Lanark).[3]

Following a major timetable recast associated with electrification of the Whifflet Line in December 2014 however, northbound trains now run to Central High Level every 30 minutes and southbound trains all proceed to Lanark via Bellshill & Shieldmuir (alternate trains terminate at Motherwell on Sundays). Passengers wishing to reach destinations on the routes via Central Low Level must change at Cambuslang or transfer between the main line and Low Level platforms at Central for onward connections.

The hourly stoppers (two-hourly Sundays) on the Shotts Line to Edinburgh Waverley also serve the station.[4]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bellshill   ScotRail
Shotts Line
   Cambuslang
ScotRail
Argyle Line
Historical railways
Motherwell
Line and station open		   Caledonian Railway
Clydesdale Junction Railway
   Newton
Line and station open
Bellshill
Line and station open		   Caledonian Railway
Cleland and Midcalder Line
   Terminus

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Butt (1995), page 236
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Butt (1995), page 237
  3. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 226
  4. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2014-15, Table 225

Sources