Cumbernauld Line

Cumbernauld Line
Route near Greenfoot in 2006
Overview
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Glasgow Scotland
Operation
Owner	Network Rail
Operator(s)	Abellio ScotRail
Rolling stock	British Rail Class 156 British Rail Class 158 British Rail Class 170 British Rail Class 318 British Rail Class 320 British Rail Class 334
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)

The Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow to Falkirk via Cumbernauld in Scotland. Since May 2014, the newly electrified track between Springburn and Cumbernauld has become an extension of the North Clyde network.

Services

All passenger services on this Line are operated by Abellio ScotRail.

Following electrification between June 2013 and May 2014,^[1] Cumbernauld services have become an extension of the North Clyde Line's Springburn Branch. This now means that services from Cumbernauld now arrive at Glasgow Queen Street Low Level platforms, freeing up capacity in the High Level station. Due to cancellation of the Garngad Chord, trains must reverse from Springburn.

The hourly service to Falkirk Grahamston has been retained but until further electrification of this route is undertaken these services will continue to utilise Class 156, Class 158 and Class 170 diesel trains.

Future developments

Upon completion of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, a series of Diversionary Route electrification projects have been outlined for completion in 2018. These plans include full electrification between Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston.

With the cancellation of the Garngad Chord in November 2011, the potential to remove the timely reversing procedure at Springburn is still an option.

There are also tentative plans to extend passenger services from Falkirk to Grangemouth, a town which lost its train service in January 1968. This is an idea put forward by Network Rail to improve freight access and is support by Falkirk Council, who are currently undertaking a feasibility study into the projects potential.

References

Notes

↑ UK, DVV. "Cumbernauld electrification completed". Retrieved 2015-06-22.

Sources

"Scotland Route: Summary Route Plan (Ref: SBPT215)" (PDF). Network Rail. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

Railway lines in Scotland

Cross Border lines and services	East Coast West Coast Virgin Trains East Coast Virgin Trains First TransPennine Express CrossCountry Caledonian Sleeper

Scotrail Intercity lines	Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) Edinburgh-Aberdeen Glasgow-Aberdeen Highland Aberdeen-Inverness

Glasgow commuter lines	Argyle Ayrshire Coast Carstairs Cathcart Circle Croy (and Alloa) Cumbernauld (and Falkirk) Inverclyde Maryhill Motherwell-Cumbernauld North Clyde Paisley Canal Shotts South Western Whifflet

Edinburgh commuter lines	Borders Railway Carstairs Dunblane Fife Circle North Berwick North Clyde Shotts

Rural lines and Great Scenic Railways	Borders Railway Far North Glasgow South Western Kyle of Lochalsh West Highland

Current projects	Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme

Completed projects	Airdrie to Bathgate Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link Borders Railway

Heritage Railways	Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Keith and Dufftown Railway Strathspey Railway

Current rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom

Projects	21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line Crossrail Croxley Rail Link East West Rail Link (Varsity Line) Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme Electric Spine Gateway Plus High Speed 2 Northern Hub Northern line extension to Battersea Ordsall Chord, Manchester Oxford to Bicester Line South East Wales Metro Thameslink Programme

Electrification	Blackpool North–Preston Parts of Electric Spine (including Didcot Parkway–Oxford Bedford–Corby/Nottingham/Sheffield Reading–Basingstoke Oxford–Bletchley) Glasgow Queen Street–Edinburgh via Falkirk High Gospel Oak–Woodgrange Park Guide Bridge–Stalybridge Manchester Victoria–Leeds Manchester Victoria–Preston 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line (including Hayes & Harlington–Bristol/Swansea Henley–Twyford Marlow–Maidenhead Reading–Basingstoke Reading–Newbury Slough–Windsor & Eton) Rugeley Trent Valley–Walsall Welsh Valleys

Stations	Battersea Power Station Birmingham Curzon Street Birmingham Interchange Brent Cross Thameslink Broadway Cambridge North Canary Wharf Cassiobridge Corwen Edinburgh Gateway Ilkeston Kenilworth Kirkstall Forge Lea Bridge Leeds New Lane Low Moor Nine Elms Old Oak Common Watford Vicarage Road Winslow Wixams Woolwich

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