Caldercruix
National Rail
Caldercruix railway station facing East towards Blackridge
General information
LocationCaldercruix, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°53′17″N 3°53′16″W / 55.88798°N 3.88781°W / 55.88798; -3.88781
Grid referenceNS819677
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCAC
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyBathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
11 August 1862Opened[1]
9 January 1956Closed[1]
13 February 2011Reopened[2]
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 98,254
2019/20Increase 104,292
2020/21Decrease 9,628
2021/22Increase 51,724
2022/23Increase 67,194
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Caldercruix railway station serves the village of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is on the North Clyde Line. Originally opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway in 1862, it was closed in 1956 then reopened in 2011 as part of the reopening of the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link.

History

The station was originally opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 11 August 1862 and closed on 9 January 1956.[1]

Reopening

The station was due to be reopened as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link on 12 December 2010.[3] However, building work was held up by bad weather, and a bus service ferried passengers until the station was able to open.[4] The reopening eventually took place on 13 February 2011.[2]

The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between the towns of Airdrie and Bathgate.

Services

The station has a basic half-hourly off-peak service Mondays to Sundays, westbound to Airdrie, Queen St Low Level and Milngavie and eastbound to Bathgate and Edinburgh Waverley. In the evenings and on Sundays the westbound terminus is Helensburgh Central rather than Milngavie.[5]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Blackridge   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
   Drumgelloch
  Historical railways  
Forrestfield
Line open; Station closed		   Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
North British Railway
   Plains
Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), p. 51
  2. 1 2 "New station arrives for Caldercruix". 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "New £300m Airdrie-Bathgate rail link re-opens". BBC News Online. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Station update: Armadale, Caldercruix & Drumgelloch". 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  5. ↑ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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