Blairhill railway station serves the Blairhill area of the town of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 8½ miles (13 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station. Situated on Blair Road, the railway station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, comprising Class 334s on Edinburgh to Helensburgh services, and Class 318s and Class 320s on Airdrie to Balloch services.
Blairhill  | |||||
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 Blairhill railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°51′59″N 4°02′34″W / 55.8665°N 4.0427°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NS722655 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BAI | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LNER | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1871 | Opened as Blairhill and Gartsherrie[1] | ||||
| 1960s??? | Renamed as Blairhill[1] | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.474 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 54,710 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.203 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.290 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.343 million | ||||
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History
editThe station was built opened on 1 February 1871 and was previously called Blairhill and Gartsherrie.[1] It bordered the original St. Ambrose High School from 1961 until the buildings were demolished in 2012.
Facilities
editThe street-level platform, which now bears the "portacabin" ticket office, once supported a wooden station building which housed a ticket office and newsagent. On the night of 12 January 1987, shortly after being painted in the bright orange livery of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive, this building was burned to the ground. The station now has a staffed ticket office during working hours (Monday-Saturday). A new purpose built car park on the site of the former St. Ambrose High School now serves the station.[2]
Services
editMonday 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 August 2016 this service no longer calls at Shettleston, Cartyne and Bellgrove. Passengers for these stations please use the half-hourly service towards Balloch instead.)
Evening services are as follows:
- Half-hourly service towards Airdrie via all stations
- 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
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Following station | ||
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| Coatbridge Sunnyside | ScotRail North Clyde Line |
Easterhouse | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Coatbridge Sunnyside | North British Railway Coatbridge Branch |
Bargeddie | ||
Gallery
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Blairhill & Gartsherrie Station in 1961 -
Blairhill railway station ticket office
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c Butt (1995), page 37
- ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Blairhill".
- ^ Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Sources
edit- 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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- RAILSCOT on Coatbridge Branch