Cumbernauld Line
Route near Greenfoot in 2006
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Glasgow Scotland
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	ScotRail
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Edinburgh–Dunblane line Falkirk Grahamston Camelon Croy Line toStirling Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line toEdinburgh Waverley   Croy Line to Glasgow Queen Street Cumbernauld Greenfaulds Motherwell– Cumbernauld line Gartcosh Stepps Robroyston City Union Line Barnhill Springburn Croy Line Maryhill Line Glasgow Queen Street North Clyde Line
Detailed view Edinburgh– Dunblane line Falkirk Grahamston Falkirk Camelon Camelon Croy Line toStirling Denny Branch Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line to Bonnybridge Canal Branch Edinburgh Waverley   Greenhill   Croy Line to Glasgow Queen Street Cumbernauld Greenfaulds Glenboig Monkland and Kirkintilloch Rly Motherwell– Cumbernauld line Gartcosh Garnkirk Stepps Stepps ( original location ) Robroyston The Switchback Hamiltonhill Branch City Union Line Barnhill Buchanan Street Extension Springburn Croy Line Maryhill Line Buchanan Street Extension Buchanan Street Glasgow Queen Street North Clyde Line

TheCumbernauld Line is a suburbanrailway line linkingGlasgow toFalkirk viaCumbernauld inScotland. Since May 2014, the newlyelectrified track betweenSpringburn andCumbernauld has become an extension of theNorth Clyde network.

All passenger services on this Line are operated byScotRail.

Followingelectrification between June 2013 and May 2014,^[1] Cumbernauld services became an extension of theNorth Clyde Line's Springburn Branch. Services from Cumbernauld arrived atGlasgow Queen Street Low Level platforms, freeing up capacity in the High Level station. Due to cancellation of the Garngad Chord, trains must reverse fromSpringburn.

All services now useClass 385 EMUs instead of diesel units.

Allandale railway station (55°59′6″N3°55′47″W / 55.98500°N 3.92972°W /55.98500; -3.92972) was a rail station proposed for the line betweenCumbernauld andFalkirk near the villages ofAllandale andCastlecary.^[2] The station was recommended in theScottish Executive's "Central Scotland Transport Corridor Studies", published in January 2003 as Castlecary railway station.^[3][4] However, the scheme's promoters were persuaded to change the name of the station to avoid confusion with an existingCastle Cary railway station inCastle Cary,Somerset.

The proposed Allandale station was to have been sited on the former Castlecary brickworks. Services intended for the station included those fromGlasgow Queen Street toFalkirk Grahamston; a new service from the station to Queen Street; and a half-hourly service betweenMotherwell andStirling.

Plans for the station were abandoned in favour of an alternative park and ride facility atBannockburn, according toScottish Parliament written answers for 23 August 2007.^[5]

Upon completion of theEdinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme, a series of Diversionary Route electrification projects have been outlined for completion in 2018. These plans include full electrification between Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston.

With the cancellation of the Garngad Chord in November 2011, the potential to remove the timely reversing procedure at Springburn is still an option.

There are also tentative plans to extend passenger services from Falkirk toGrangemouth, a town which lost its train service in January 1968. This is an idea put forward byNetwork Rail to improve freight access and is supported byFalkirk Council, who are currently undertaking a feasibility study into the project's potential.^{[citation needed]}

• "Scotland Route: Summary Route Plan (Ref: SBPT215)"(PDF). Network Rail. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 4 February 2013. Retrieved30 July 2014.

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