Gartcosh railway station explained

Gartcosh
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Gart a' Chòis[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.8855°N -4.0788°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:GRH
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:Opened
Years2:5 November 1962
Events2:Closed
Years3:9 May 2005
Events3:Reopened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gartcosh railway station serves the village of Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line, northeast of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) station.

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 eastbound with an hourly service continuing to . Two of the westbound services run via Queen St Low Level to and 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 started, replacing the hourly DMU service and taking over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The service uses new Class 385 EMUs.

Facilities

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man . 6th . December 2017 . 1987 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-9-8 . Gaelic/English Station Index .
  2. GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2014, Table 226
  3. Web site: Gartcosh (GRH). National Rail Enquiries.