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Coatdyke railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in North Lanarkshire, Scotland}}{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Coatdyke

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = CoatdykeRailwayStation1.JPG

| caption = Coatdyke railway station

| borough = Quarry Street/Riddell Street Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55.8644|-4.0050|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NS746652|25|NS746652}}

| manager = ScotRail

| platforms = 2

| code = COA

| transit_authority = SPT

| original = Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

| pregroup = North British Railway

| postgroup = LNER

| years = 1 February 1871

| events = Opened

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.280 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 35,562}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.128 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.184 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.222 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Image:CoatdykeRailwayStation2.JPG

Coatdyke railway station is situated on Quarry Street/Riddell Street in the Cliftonville area of the town of Coatbridge"http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/coa/details.html" Postcode is ML6 0LZ, i.e. Airdrie and {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of Glasgow Queen Street. It is the closest railway station to Coatbridge College and Monklands Hospital.

History

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The station was opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 1 February 1871.Butt (1995), p. 64

The station now has no structures other than simple shelters. The ticket hall that was built when the Airdrie-Helensburgh line was electrified in 1960 was demolished in the early 1990s. Similar structures, built in the same style, still survive at Easterhouse and Airdrie stations.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes:{{NRtimes|May 2016|226}}

  • Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
  • Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
  • Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
  • Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (as of 2019 this service does not always call at Shettleston, Cartyne and Easterhouse. Passengers for these stations use the half-hourly service towards Balloch instead.)

Evening services are as follows:

  • Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
  • Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level

Sunday services are as follows:

  • Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
  • Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central

{{rail start}}

{{rail line

|next = {{Stnlnk|Coatbridge Sunnyside}}

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Airdrie}}

|route = ScotRail
North Clyde Line

|col = {{ScotRail colour}} |lightcol={{National Rail colour|ScotRail|branch=North Clyde Line}} }}

{{Historical Rail Insert}}

{{rail line

|next = To Greenside Junction
with Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
Line open

|previous = {{Stnlnk|Airdrie}}
Line and Station open

|route = North British Railway
Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway

|col = {{NBR colour}} |lightcol={{NBR light}} }}

{{s-end}}

Facilities

There is a small car park in the street outside the station. This station is unstaffed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/stations-and-facilities/coa|title = Coatdyke Station | ScotRail}}

References

= Notes =

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= Sources =

  • {{Butt-Stations}}
  • {{Jowett-Atlas}}
  • [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Bathgate_and_Coatbridge_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway]

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{{Railway stations served by Abellio Scotrail}}

Category:Railway stations in North Lanarkshire

Category:Former North British Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871

Category:Railway stations served by ScotRail

Category:Coatbridge

Category:Airdrie, North Lanarkshire

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