Uddingston railway station
Uddingston  | |
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| 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 | Abellio 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* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.769 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.785 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.770 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.820 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.827 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] |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Uddingston from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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 Abellio 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 by British Railways 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:
- £610,000 investment in more than doubling the amount of parking spaces and improving pedestrian access
- installation of an automatic ticket vending machine and renewal of ticketing system within booking office
- the opening of the "Coffee Stop"
- addition of hanging baskets and floral beds through working with the local community
- new station seating both on platforms and within the waiting room
- installation of state-of-the-art flat-screen Passenger Information System displays for both platforms and waiting area
- addition of fully accessible public toilets on Platform 1
- addition of public telephone on Platform 1
- refurbishment of the waiting room on Platform 1 to meet accessibility requirements including automatic doors and accessible ticket counter
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 continued 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 (except for a limited number of weekday peak trains).[4]
The hourly stoppers (two-hourly Sundays) on the Shotts Line to Edinburgh Waverley also serve the station.[5]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellshill | Abellio ScotRail Shotts Line |
Cambuslang | ||
| Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
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| 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
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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- RAILSCOT on Clydesdale Junction Railway
- RAILSCOT on Cleland and Midcalder Line