Chatelherault railway station
Chatelherault  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Ferniegair |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Coordinates | 55°45′54″N 4°00′16″W / 55.7651°N 4.0044°WCoordinates: 55°45′54″N 4°00′16″W / 55.7651°N 4.0044°W |
| Grid reference | NS743542 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CTE |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 57,116 |
| 2011/12 |
59,532 |
| 2012/13 |
62,526 |
| 2013/14 |
66,948 |
| 2014/15 |
74,934 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | SPT |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway |
| 1 December 1866 | Opened as Ferniegair, as a terminus |
| 2 October 1876 | Re-located as a through station |
| 1 January 1917 | Closed |
| 9 December 2005 | Re-opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chatelherault from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Chatelherault railway station serves the village of Ferniegair on the outskirts of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is named Chatelherault after the nearby Chatelherault Country Park.
History
The station was opened as Ferniegair on 1 December 1866 as a terminus for trains approaching from the south on the Caledonian Railway's Coalburn Branch. Passengers for Glasgow had to transfer to Hamilton by coach. It was re-built and re-located as a through station on 2 October 1876, with trains continuing to Motherwell railway station on the Clydesdale Junction Railway. The Caledonian Railway closed the station on 1 January 1917, though the line itself continued to carry passengers until October 1965 & freight until 1968.
Re-opening
The station is on the Argyle Line, and was officially re-opened on the 9 December 2005 by First Minister Jack McConnell as part of the extension of the Argyle Line to include Larkhall.
Services
From the re-opening in December 2005, trains ran on Mondays and Saturdays every 30 minutes north west to Dalmuir via Singer and south to Larkhall. A trial (for one year) Sunday service commenced from December 2007 with an hourly service in each direction, and due to high uptake was made permanent in December 2008.
As of May 2016, the frequency remains unaltered, but northbound trains now run to Milngavie (southbound trains still start from Dalmuir). The hourly Sunday service runs to/from Balloch via Clydebank.[1]
References
- ↑ Table 225, & 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Chatelherault railway station from National Rail
- New Link for Larkhall opens - BBC News Scotland website
- RAILSCOT on Larkhall re-opening
- RAILSCOT on Coalburn Branch
- RAILSCOT on Mid Lanark Lines
- Video footage of Chatelherault railway station
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merryton | Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line |
Hamilton Central | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Larkhall Central Line and station open |
Mid Lanark Lines Caledonian Railway |
Motherwell Line and station open (except section between Chatelherault and Ross Junction) | ||
| Larkhall East Line partially open; station closed |
Coalburn Branch Caledonian Railway |
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