Greenfaulds railway station

Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the Luggie Water and the Blairlinn industrial estate. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is located 13 ¹⁄₄ miles (21.3 km) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) on the Cumbernauld Line and is 11 miles (18 km) north of Motherwell railway station on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line.

Greenfaulds
Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhuaile Ghlas[1]
Location
Place	Greenfaulds
Local authority	North Lanarkshire
Coordinates	55.9349°N 3.9937°W / 55.9349; -3.9937
Grid reference	NS755730
Operations
Station code	GRL
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	0.137 million
2015/16	0.131 million
2016/17	0.115 million
2017/18	0.124 million
2018/19	0.125 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
15 May 1989	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 Greenfaulds from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The station was opened on 15 May 1989 by British Rail with financial backing from what was then the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.[2] It was on a new site (though the line that serves it is considerably older) and was built as part of the plan to upgrade the Queen Street to Cumbernauld line. The Motherwell service began calling here when it was inaugurated in May 1996.

Services

2017

The typical service Monday-Saturday is:[3]

• 2tph to Dalmuir via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and Yoker
• 1tph to Dalmuir via Motherwell, Hamilton Central, Glasgow Central Low Level and Yoker
• 1tph to Glasgow Queen Street High Level
• 4tph to Cumbernauld, one of which operates to Camelon and Falkirk Grahamston

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction to Cumbernauld and Partick only.

There are also two large park and ride car parks at the station with both being behind the station.

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. The service between Cumbernauld and Dalmuir via Motherwell and Glasgow Central will continue to operate with existing stock.

The typical Monday - Saturday service will be:

• 2tph to Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston
• 2tph to Glasgow Queen Street High Level
• 1tph to Cumbernauld only
• 1tph to Dalmuir via Motherwell and Glasgow Central Low Level

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Coatbridge Central		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line		Cumbernauld
Gartcosh		Abellio ScotRail Cumbernauld Line		Cumbernauld
	Historical railways
Glenboig Line open; Station closed		Caledonian Railway Main Line		Cumbernauld Line and Station open

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. Scot-Rail: Station Openings in Scotland since 1960 www.scot-rail.co.uk; Retrieved 2014-02-12
3. Table 225 & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

• 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.