Gartcosh railway station

Gartcosh railway station serves the village of Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line, 7 3⁄4 mi (12 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) station.

Gartcosh
Scottish Gaelic: Gart a' Chòis[1]
Location
PlaceGartcosh
Local authorityNorth Lanarkshire
Coordinates55.8855°N 4.0788°W / 55.8855; -4.0788
Grid referenceNS700677
Operations
Station codeGRH
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.177 million
2015/16 0.157 million
2016/17 0.134 million
2017/18 0.148 million
2018/19 0.187 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTESPT
History
Original companyGarnkirk and Glasgow Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 June 1831 (1831-06-01)Opened
5 November 1962Closed
9 May 2005Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gartcosh from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station was opened on 9 May 2005 by The Princess Royal. The station was built at a cost of over £3 million, provided by Strathclyde Passenger Transport and North Lanarkshire council, on the site of the previous Gartcosh station that closed in 1962.

Services

2017

Monday to Saturday there are three trains per hour from Gartcosh to Glasgow Queen Street westbound and Cumbernauld eastbound with an hourly service continuing to Falkirk Grahamston. Two of the westbound services run via Queen St Low Level to Partick and Dalmuir over the North Clyde Line whilst the other (the service to/from Falkirk) terminates at Queen St High Level.[2]

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Partick via Queen St LL and to Cumbernauld.

2018/19

From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service will start, replacing the hourly DMU service and take over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The new service will use new Class 385 EMUs.

Facilities

The station has a car park, but is not permanently staffed.[3]

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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. GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2014, Table 226
  3. "Gartcosh (GRH)". National Rail Enquiries.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Stepps   Abellio ScotRail
Cumbernauld Line
   Greenfaulds


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