Drumgelloch railway station

Drumgelloch railway station is a railway station serving the east of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 600 yards (550 m) east[4] of the 1989 station on the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, on the site of the former Clarkston railway station. The station previously closed in 1956.[2]

Drumgelloch
Scottish Gaelic: Druim Gailleach[1]
Drumgelloch railway station looking towards Airdrie
Location
Place	Airdrie
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.867°N 3.9501°W / 55.867; -3.9501
Grid reference	NS781655
Operations
Station code	DRU
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	0.387 million
2015/16	0.404 million
2016/17	0.411 million
2017/18	0.419 million
2018/19	0.419 million
History
Original company	Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
11 August 1862	Opened as Clarkston[2]
8 June 1953	Renamed Clarkston (Lanarks)[2]
9 January 1956	Closed[2]
6 March 2011	Reopened as Drumgelloch[3]
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Drumgelloch from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The first station on the site was opened on 11 August 1862 by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, and was named Clarkston.[2] It was renamed Clarkston (Lanarks) on 8 June 1953 by British Railways, who closed it on 9 January 1956.[2]

In 2005, the Scottish Executive announced that the closed section of line between the 1989 Drumgelloch station and Bathgate would be rebuilt as a double-tracked electrified railway termed the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. This resulted in the closure of the 1989 Drumgelloch station to be replaced by the new station 550m to the east on the site of the former Clarkston station. When the 1989 station opened, although in the Clarkston area, it took the name Drumgelloch to avoid confusion with the Clarkston station on the East Kilbride Line.[5]

It connects the Edinburgh to Bathgate Line at Bathgate to the North Clyde Line at Airdrie and opens up a fourth rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The 2010 station is provided with a 336 space car park including 18 spaces for less able travellers and a dedicated area for cyclists.[4][6]

The station did not open for passenger traffic when the line opened on 12 December 2010 and passengers wishing to start or complete their journey at Drumgelloch initially had to transfer to a replacement bus service at Airdrie.[7] The station finally reopened on 6 March 2011.[3]

Services

2010/2011 (from 12 December 2010)

Following the opening of the line between Airdrie and Bathgate,[8] the basic off-peak daytime service is:

• 2tph - Helensburgh Central to/from Edinburgh Waverley
• 2tph - Milngavie to/from Edinburgh Waverley

The evening service is:[9]

• 2tph - Helensburgh Central to/from Edinburgh Waverley

The Sunday service is:

• 2tph - Helensburgh Central to/from Edinburgh Waverley

This is subject to sufficient Class 380 being introduced into service to allow the cascade of the Class 334 from the Ayrshire Coast Line to operate the new service.[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Caldercruix		Abellio ScotRail North Clyde Line		Airdrie
	Historical railways
Plains Line open; Station closed		Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway North British Railway		Airdrie Line and Station open

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt 1995, p. 62
3. "All Stations on Airdrie-Bathgate link now open". 7 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
4. "Relocated Drumgelloch Station" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
5. Chris, Milner (1 December 2010). "The new line A to B". The Railway Magazine. Mortons Media Ltd. 157 (1, 317 (January 2011)): 25–28.
6. "Airdrie to Bathgate - New Drumgelloch Station" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
7. "STATION UPDATE: ARMADALE, CALDERCRUIX & DRUMGELLOCH". Network Rail: Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link Project website. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
8. "National Rail Timetable 226; December 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 17 November 2010.
9. Table 226 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.
• 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.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
• Clarkston station on navigable OS map
• (A↔B) Airdrie - Bathgate Rail Link Project