Kirkwood railway station
Kirkwood  | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Coille na Cille | |
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Kirkwood railway station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Coatbridge |
| Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°51′15″N 4°02′53″W / 55.8542°N 4.0481°WCoordinates: 55°51′15″N 4°02′53″W / 55.8542°N 4.0481°W |
| Grid reference | NS718642 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KWD |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2005/06 |
 0.114 million |
| 2006/07 |
0.115 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.121 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.143 million |
| 2009/10 |
 0.141 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.139 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.150 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.153 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.130 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1993 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kirkwood from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Kirkwood railway station is located in the Kirkwood area of Coatbridge, Scotland. It is on the Argyle Line, 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow Central railway station. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail. The station was opened by British Rail in 1993, and is virtually on the site of the old Woodside Steel and Iron Works. It is located some 250m west of the previous Langloan station, which was opened by the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway in August 1866 and closed when passenger trains over the line were withdrawn on 7 November 1966.
Services
A half-hourly service operates between Glasgow Central and Whifflet stations, on Mondays to Saturdays. This formerly ran to/from Central High Level and was DMU operated, but now runs to Milngavie via the Argyle Line since the start of electric operation. Alternate services continue south of Whifflet through to Motherwell.
Sunday services previously only ran for the month prior to Christmas and were extended to Shotts.[1] However, since the December 2014 timetable change, they now run throughout the year. An hourly service runs in each direction, to Motherwell and Balloch via Glasgow Central Low Level.[2]
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Kirkwood railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whifflet | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Bargeddie | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Langloan Line open; station closed |
Caledonian Railway Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway |
Drumpark Line and station open | ||