Chatelherault railway station

Chatelherault railway station serves the villages of Ferniegair and Allanton on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park.

Chatelherault
Location
Place	Ferniegair
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.7651°N 4.0044°W / 55.7651; -4.0044
Grid reference	NS743542
Operations
Station code	CTE
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	74,934
2015/16	85,898
2016/17	0.105 million
2017/18	0.111 million
2018/19	0.108 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
1 December 1866	Opened as Ferniegair, as a terminus
2 October 1876	Re-located as a through station
1 January 1917	Closed
9 December 2005	Re-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 Chatelherault from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened as Ferniegair on 1 December 1866 as a terminus for trains approaching from the south on the Caledonian Railway's Coalburn Branch. Passengers for Glasgow had to transfer to Hamilton by coach. It was rebuilt and relocated as a through station on 2 October 1876, with trains continuing to Motherwell railway station on the Clydesdale Junction Railway. The Caledonian Railway closed the station on 1 January 1917, though the line itself continued to carry passengers until October 1965 and freight until 1968.

Reopening

The station is on the Argyle Line, and was officially reopened on 9 December 2005 by First Minister Jack McConnell as part of the extension of the Argyle Line to include Larkhall.

Services

From the reopening in December 2005, trains ran on Mondays and Saturdays every 30 minutes north-west to Dalmuir via Singer and south to Larkhall. A trial (for one year) Sunday service commenced from December 2007 with an hourly service in each direction, and due to high uptake was made permanent in December 2008.

As of May 2016, the frequency remains unaltered, but northbound trains now run to Milngavie (southbound trains still start from Dalmuir). The hourly Sunday service runs to/from Balloch via Clydebank.[1]

References

1. Table 225, & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Chatelherault railway station from National Rail
• New Link for Larkhall opens – BBC News Scotland website
• RAILSCOT on Larkhall re-opening
• RAILSCOT on Coalburn Branch
• RAILSCOT on Mid Lanark Lines
• Video footage of Chatelherault railway station

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Merryton		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line		Hamilton Central
	Historical railways
Larkhall Central Line and station open		Mid Lanark Lines Caledonian Railway		Motherwell Line and station open (except section between Chatelherault and Ross Junction)
Larkhall East Line partially open; station closed		Coalburn Branch Caledonian Railway