Bargeddie railway station

Bargeddie railway station is located in the village of Bargeddie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated between the city of Glasgow and the town of Coatbridge. It opened in 1993 under British Rail and SPTE, and is on the site of an earlier station called 'Drumpark'. It is on the Whifflet Line (a branch of the more extensive Argyle Line), 9¼ miles (15 km) east of Glasgow Central railway station. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.

For the former station in the same town, see Bargeddie railway station (North British Railway).

Bargeddie
Scottish Gaelic: Bàrr Geadaidh[1]
Bargeddie in 2015, following electrification works
Location
Place	Bargeddie
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.8513°N 4.0738°W / 55.8513; -4.0738
Grid reference	NS702639
Operations
Station code	BGI
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	85,868
2015/16	95,214
2016/17	114,912
2017/18	105,826
2018/19	91,788
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bargeddie from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Services

A half-hourly service operates between Glasgow Central (Low Level) and Whifflet stations, on Mondays to Saturdays. Westbound and Eastbound services run to and from Dalmuir and one train per hour each way extends to/from Motherwell.

Sunday services formerly only ran for the month prior to Christmas and were extended to Shotts, but since the December 2014 timetable change and the start of EMU operation now run hourly each way all day throughout the year (to Balloch and Motherwell).[2]

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. National Rail Timetable 2014-15, Table 225

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kirkwood		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line		Baillieston
	Historical railways
Langloan Line open; station closed		Caledonian Railway Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway		Baillieston Line open; station moved