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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Airdrie Railway Station (Caledonian Railway)

Airdrie railway station, also known as Airdrie East railway station, served the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1886 to 1943 on the Airdrie to Newhouse Branch.

History

The station opened on 1 June 1886 by the Caledonian Railway. To the south was a goods yard and to the southeast was a locomotive shed. Services to Whifflet Upper was withdrawn on 1 January 1917 but services to Newhouse continued. The services were reintroduced on 1 March 1919. The station closed on 3 May 1943.

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 42. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Airdrie to Newhouse Branch   Calderbank
Line and station closed
Terminus   Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway   Calder
Line and station closed