Gartcosh Railway 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 Cumbernauld eastbound with an hourly service continuing to Falkirk Grahamston. Two of the westbound services run via Queen St Low Level to Partick and Dalmuir over the North Clyde Line whilst the other (the service to/from Falkirk) terminates at Queen St High Level.
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.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepps | ScotRail Cumbernauld Line |
Greenfaulds | ||
Facilities
The station has a car park, but is not permanently staffed.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2014, Table 226
- ^ "Gartcosh (GRH)". National Rail Enquiries.
External links
- Train times and station information for Gartcosh railway station from National Rail
Media related to Gartcosh railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Pictures of Gartcosh pre and post railway station - Garnkirk and Glasgow railway
- "HRH The Princess Royal visits Gartcosh" - North Lanarkshire Council website Archived 19 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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