Gartcosh railway station
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Gartcosh railway station is a railway station
serving the village of Gartcosh
, North Lanarkshire
, Scotland
. The station is managed by First ScotRail
and is located on the Cumbernauld Line
, 12 km (7¾ miles) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) 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.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Glasgow and Cumbernauld.
Train station
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serving the village of Gartcosh
Gartcosh
Gartcosh is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies a few miles east of Glasgow, and about a mile northwest of the town of Coatbridge....
, North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. The station is managed by First ScotRail
First ScotRail
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is the FirstGroup-owned train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland, northern England and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London using the brand ScotRail which is the property of the Scottish Government...
and is located on the Cumbernauld Line
Cumbernauld Line
The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Cumbernauld in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network.On weekdays and Saturdays, alternate trains continue towards Falkirk Grahamston....
, 12 km (7¾ miles) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) station
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Glasgow Queen Street is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland, the smaller of the city's two main line railway termini and the third-busiest station in Scotland. It is between George Street to the south and Cathedral Street Bridge to the north, at the northern end of Queen Street adjacent to...
.
The station was opened on 9 May 2005 by The Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
. The station was built at a cost of over £3 million, provided by Strathclyde Passenger Transport and North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire...
council, on the site of the previous Gartcosh station that closed in 1962.
Services
Monday to Saturday there is a half-hourly service from Gartcosh to Glasgow Queen Street, westbound and eastbound with an hourly service continuing to .On Sundays there is an hourly service to Glasgow and Cumbernauld.