Carfin railway station
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.
Carfin  | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic: An Càrm Fionn[1] | |
.jpg) Carfin in 2019, following electrification | |
| Location | |
| Place | Newarthill |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55.8076°N 3.9556°W |
| Grid reference | NS775588 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CRF |
| 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 |  |
| 2015/16 | |
| 2016/17 | |
| 2017/18 |  |
| 2018/19 | |
| History | |
| Original company | LMS |
| ?[2] | Opened as Carfin Halt |
| 1 December 1930[2] | Closed |
| ?[2] | Reopened |
| 16 May 1983[2] | 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 and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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 provide an hourly service to the heart of Glasgow, stopping along the way at Holytown, Bellshill and Uddingston. Cambuslang is only served at peak times (and has been since December 213), whilst there is a single evening train to Motherwell. In the opposite direction there is also an hourly service, calling at all stations except Breich en route to Edinburgh.[3] A 2 hourly service runs on Sundays.
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleland | Abellio 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
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Butt 1995, p. 53.
- Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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.
- 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
- Carfin station video history