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Carfin railway station

Coordinates: 55°48′27″N 3°57′20″W / 55.8076°N 3.9556°W / 55.8076; -3.9556
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Carfin

Scottish Gaelic: An Càrm Fionn[1]
National Rail
Carfin in 2019, following electrification
General information
LocationNewarthill, North Lanarkshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°48′27″N 3°57′20″W / 55.8076°N 3.9556°W / 55.8076; -3.9556
Grid referenceNS775588
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCRF
History
Original companyLMS
Key dates
?[2]Opened as Carfin Halt
1 December 1930[2]Closed
?[2]Reopened
16 May 1983[2]Renamed
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.101 million
2019/20Increase 0.102 million
2020/21Decrease 17,510
2021/22Increase 65,146
2022/23Increase 87,220
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Carfin railway station is a railway station serving both Carfin and Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Glasgow Central railway station on the Shotts Line between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

It contains two platforms; one for trains in the direction of Glasgow, and the other for trains to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.

Like the following stop on the Shotts Line, Holytown, the location of the station is ambiguous. It is located on the border between Carfin and Newarthill, for much of its recent history closer to a housing estate in the latter. It is now bordered immediately on both sides by housing developments.

Services

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Trains from Carfin station provide an hourly service to the heart of Glasgow, stopping along the way at Holytown, Bellshill and Uddingston. Cambuslang is only served at peak times (and has been since December 213), whilst there is a single evening train to Motherwell. In the opposite direction there is also an hourly service, calling at all stations except Breich en route to Edinburgh.[3] A 2 hourly service runs on Sundays.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Cleland   ScotRail
Shotts Line
  Holytown
  Historical railways  
Omoa   Cleland and Midcalder Line
Caledonian Railway
  Holytown
Cleland (Old)
Line and station closed
  Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Caledonian Railway
  connection to
Cleland and Midcalder Line

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ a b c d Butt 1995, p. 53.
  3. ^ Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

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  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • 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.
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