Gartcosh railway station

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Gartcosh

Location

Place

Gartcosh

Local authority

North Lanarkshire

Operations

Station code

GRH

Managed by

First ScotRail

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2005/06 *

59,959

Passenger Transport Executive

PTE

SPT

History

9 May 2005

Opened

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gartcosh from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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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 HRH 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.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturday there is a half-hourly service from Gartcosh to Glasgow Queen Street, westbound and Cumbernauld eastbound with an hourly service continuing to Falkirk Grahamston.

Sundays there is an hourly service to Glasgow and Cumbernauld.