Croy railway station explained

Croy
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Crothaidh
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Croy, North Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9555°N -4.0365°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:CRO
Original:Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Pregroup:North British Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:21 February 1842
Events:Opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, northeast of . It is served by services on the Glasgow–Edinburgh mainline and services between Glasgow Queen Street and Stirling. Train services are provided by ScotRail.

Facilities

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway station building has been demolished and replaced with a modern, glass and steel building designed by IDP Architects[1] similar in design to that at .

The station has park-and-ride facilities, with spaces for over 900 vehicles, including charging points for electrical vehicles. There are bus connections to Kilsyth and Cumbernauld. The lines through the station have been electrified as part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme. Platform lengthening work has been carried out as part of this scheme. The station has cycle parking.

In November 2021, work began to install an accessible footbridge enabling step-free access to both platforms.[2] This was completed and opened to the public in October 2022.

Services

2011

Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound to Edinburgh. The service is hourly in each direction on evenings and Sundays.

There is also a half-hourly service to Stirling Monday to Saturday, which continues alternately to Alloa or Dunblane. This provides a second half-hourly service to Glasgow calling at both Lenzie and Bishopbriggs, giving a combined four trains an hour to Glasgow off peak. On Sundays, an hourly service operates between Glasgow and Alloa.

2016

Half-hourly to Queen Street (express) and Edinburgh on the E&G main line in the daytime, and hourly in the evenings and on Sundays.[3] Half-hourly (local) service each way on the Croy Line to Queen Street and to Stirling, then alternating to either Dunblane or Alloa. Hourly to Queen Street and Alloa on Sundays.[4]

Electrification

As part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, the line through the station has been electrified.[5]

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Croy station . . IDP Architects . IDP Architects . 25 March 2019 .
  2. Web site: 2021-11-09 . Joy for Croy as work on step free station access begins . 2022-07-06 . Network Rail Media Centre . english.
  3. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 228
  4. GB National Rail Timetable May 2016, Table 230
  5. Web site: EGIP - Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme . 2022-02-28 . www.egip.info.