Cleland railway station

Cleland railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cleland, near Motherwell in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Built on the Cleland and Midcalder Line it was originally named 'Omoa', after the nearby ironworks, until Cleland (Old) on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway closed in 1930.

Cleland
Cleland railway station, looking east
General information
Location	Cleland, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.8044°N 3.9107°W / 55.8044; -3.9107
Grid reference	NS803584
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CEA
History
Original company	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
9 July 1869[1]	Opened as Bellside
1 October 1879[1]	Renamed Omoa
1 October 1941[2]	Renamed Cleland
Passengers
2018/19	78,068
2019/20	72,140
2020/21	13,254
2021/22	70,166
2022/23	88,768
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is located on the Shotts Line, 15+3⁄4 miles (25.3 km) east of Glasgow Central towards Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by ScotRail.

History

In 2019 the footbridge was replaced and lifts installed, allowing step-free access to both platforms.^[3]

Services

It is currently served (Monday to Saturday) by one ScotRail service each hour between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley, plus one return service each day to/from Motherwell. On Sundays, there was normally no service prior to the December 2012 timetable change. However, in the four weeks leading up to Christmas an hourly service to Glasgow Central from Shotts via Whifflet is laid on for shoppers.^[4]

Cleland was not included in the timetable for the express passenger service along this line between Glasgow and Edinburgh.^[5]

However, from 9 December 2012 a new two-hourly Sunday service began operating between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley in both directions.^[6]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hartwood		ScotRail Shotts Line		Carfin
	Historical railways
Hartwood		Caledonian Railway Cleland and Midcalder Line		Carfin

Traction

The staple passenger traction on this line is now provided by Class 385 units with a small number of services operated by diesel powered Class 158 units.

Engineering works on other routes between Glasgow and Edinburgh may result in other diesel hauled passenger traction being seen, but these almost never call at this station.

Regular containerload and wagonload freight traffic also traverses the line regularly.^{[citation needed]}

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 32.
2. Butt 1995, p. 178.
3. Thomson, Ross (23 October 2018). "Work now underway at Cleland Train Station to deliver £3m improvements". dailyrecord. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
4. http://www.scotrail.co.uk/christmas/pdf/sunday_services.pdf%5B%5D
5. http://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/files/Ed%20Sub.web.pdf%5B%5D
6. GB National Rail Timetable 2013, Table 225

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• Video footage of Cleland station