| General information | |||||
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| Location | Gartcosh,North Lanarkshire Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°53′08″N4°04′44″W / 55.8855°N 4.0788°W /55.8855; -4.0788 | ||||
| Grid reference | NS700677 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Transit authority | SPT | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | GRH | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1831 (1831-06-01) | Opened | ||||
| 5 November 1962 | Closed | ||||
| 9 May 2005 | Reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | |||||
| 2020/21 | |||||
| 2021/22 | |||||
| 2022/23 | |||||
| 2023/24 | |||||
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Gartcosh railway station serves the village ofGartcosh,North Lanarkshire,Scotland. Therailway station is managed byScotRail and is located on theCumbernauld Line,7+3⁄4 mi (12 km) northeast ofGlasgow Queen Street (High Level) station.
The station was opened on 9 May 2005 byThe Princess Royal. The station was built at a cost of over £3 million, provided byStrathclyde Passenger Transport andNorth Lanarkshire council, on the site of the previous Gartcosh station that closed in 1962.
Monday to Saturday there are three trains per hour from Gartcosh to Glasgow Queen Street westbound andCumbernauld eastbound with an hourly service continuing toFalkirk Grahamston. Two of the westbound services run via Queen St Low Level toPartick andDalmuir over theNorth Clyde Line whilst the other (the service to/from Falkirk) terminates at Queen St High Level.[2]
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Partick via Queen St LL and to Cumbernauld.
From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service started, replacing the hourly DMU service and taking over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The service uses newClass 385 EMUs.
| Preceding station | Following station | |||
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| Stepps | ScotRail Cumbernauld Line | Greenfaulds | ||
The station has a car park, but is not permanently staffed.[3]
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