Drumgelloch railway station

Drumgelloch

Scottish Gaelic: Druim Gailleach[1]
National Rail
Drumgelloch railway station looking towards Airdrie
General information
LocationAirdrie, North Lanarkshire
Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates55°52′01″N 3°57′00″W / 55.867°N 3.9501°W / 55.867; -3.9501
Grid referenceNS781655
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDRU
History
Original companyBathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
11 August 1862Opened as Clarkston[2]
8 June 1953Renamed Clarkston (Lanarks)[2]
9 January 1956Closed[2]
6 March 2011Reopened as Drumgelloch[3]
Passengers
2018/19Steady 0.419 million
2019/20Decrease 0.408 million
2020/21Decrease 35,794
2021/22Increase 0.163 million
2022/23Increase 0.224 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Drumgelloch railway station is a railway station serving the east of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 600 yards (550 m) east[4] of the 1989 station on the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway, on the site of the former Clarkston railway station. The station previously closed in 1956.[2]

  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c d Butt 1995, p. 62
  3. ^ "Relocated Drumgelloch Station" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2009.