Coatdyke railway station

Coatdyke railway station is situated on Quarry Street/Riddell Street in the Cliftonville area of the town of Coatbridge^[1] and 10 miles (16 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street. It is the closest railway station to Coatbridge College and Monklands Hospital.

Coatdyke
Coatdyke railway station
General information
Location	Quarry Street/Riddell Street Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.8644°N 4.0050°W / 55.8644; -4.0050
Grid reference	NS746652
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	COA
History
Original company	Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 February 1871	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.289 million
2019/20	0.280 million
2020/21	35,562
2021/22	0.128 million
2022/23	0.184 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Coatdyke railway station entrance

History

The station was opened as part of the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway on 1 February 1871.^[2] The station now has no structures other than simple shelters. The ticket hall that was built when the Airdrie-Helensburgh line was electrified in 1960 was demolished in the early 1990s. Similar structures, built in the same style, still survive at Easterhouse and Airdrie stations.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes:^[3]

• Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
• Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
• Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
• Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (as of 2019 this service does not always call at Shettleston, Cartyne and Easterhouse. Passengers for these stations use the half-hourly service towards Balloch instead.)

Evening services are as follows:

• Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
• Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level

Sunday services are as follows:

• Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
• Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Airdrie		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Coatbridge Sunnyside
	Historical railways
Airdrie Line and Station open		North British Railway Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway		To Greenside Junction with Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway Line open

Facilities

There is a small car park in the street outside the station. This station is unstaffed.^[4]

References

Notes

1. "http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/coa/details.html" Postcode is ML6 0LZ, i.e. Airdrie
2. Butt (1995), p. 64
3. Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
4. "Coatdyke Station | ScotRail".

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.
• RAILSCOT on Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway