Croy railway station
Croy | |
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Looking south east at the Glasgow-bound platform | |
Location | |
Place | Croy |
Local authority | North Lanarkshire |
Coordinates | 55°57′20″N 4°02′11″W / 55.9555°N 4.0365°WCoordinates: 55°57′20″N 4°02′11″W / 55.9555°N 4.0365°W |
Grid reference | NS729754 |
Operations | |
Station code | CRO |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2010/11 | 1.140 million |
2011/12 | 1.179 million |
2012/13 | 1.184 million |
2013/14 | 1.239 million |
2014/15 | 1.342 million |
History | |
Original company | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
21 February 1842 | Opened[1] |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Croy from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11 1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. It is served by services on the Glasgow–Edinburgh mainline and services between Glasgow Queen Street and Stirling. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.
Facilities
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway station building has been demolished and replaced with a modern, glass and steel building similar in design to that at Bishopbriggs.
The station has park-and-ride facilities, with spaces for over 900 vehicles. There are bus connections to Kilsyth and Cumbernauld. The lines through the station are currently (summer 2016) being electrified as part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme. Platform lengthening work here is being carried out as part of this scheme, which will see E&G trains becoming electrically operated by December 2016 and those to Dunblane & Alloa by 2018.
Services
2011
Monday to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and northbound to Edinburgh. The service is hourly in each direction on evenings and Sundays.
There is also a half-hourly service to Stirling Monday to Saturday, which continues alternately to Alloa or Dunblane. This provides a second half-hourly service to Glasgow calling at both Lenzie and Bishopbriggs, giving a combined four trains an hour to Glasgow off peak. On Sundays, an hourly service operates between Glasgow and Alloa.
2016
Half-hourly to Queen Street (express) & Edinburgh on the E&G main line in the daytime & hourly in the evenings & on Sundays.[2] Half-hourly (local) service each way on the Croy Line to Queen Street and to Stirling, then alternating to either Dunblane & Alloa. Hourly to Queen Street & Alloa on Sundays.[3]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Lenzie | Abellio ScotRail Glasgow - Edinburgh Line |
Falkirk High | ||
Lenzie | Abellio ScotRail Croy Line |
Larbert | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Garngaber Line open; Station closed |
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway |
Dullatur Line open; Station closed |
References
Notes
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.