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Coatbridge Central railway station is located in the town of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line. Train services are provided by Abellio ScotRail. ==Architecture and history== The station was original named Coatbridge and opened in 1842.〔 It was renamed Coatbridge Central in 1953 after the 1826 Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway station named ''Coatbridge Central'' had closed in 1951. It is located on what was originally the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, which later became the ''Glasgow, Garnkirk and Coatbridge Railway''. The connection southwards came courtesy of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, with their first passenger train arriving from Morningside in May 1845. Both companies were subsequently taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1849. A further route to the station, the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway from Glasgow via Rutherglen and was opened in August 1866.〔(Railscot Chronology - Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway ) www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-24〕 The existing station layout is the result of a re-build by the Caledonian Railway in 1900, but the platform level buildings were demolished in the 1970s when the station was a likely candidate for closure due to dwindling patronage and services. Trains from Glasgow Buchanan Street over the original GG&CR route had ceased back in November 1962, whilst those over the R&CR were withdrawn four years later due to the Beeching Axe, leaving only a skeleton service between and Stirling/Perth to call here. However, for much of the 1970s and early/mid 1980s this consisted of a pair of through long-distance expresses between London Euston & - the daytime ''Clansman'' (via Birmingham New Street) and overnight ''Royal Highlander'' sleeper, along with a mid-morning to Motherwell passenger & parcels train and evening northbound return working that started back at .〔GB National Rail Timetable 1977 Edition, Table 65〕〔(Railscot - 10.18 Perth to Motherwell calling at the station in 1981 ) www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2013-12-24〕 All of these workings had been either withdrawn or diverted by 1987, but by this time Strathclyde PTE had introduced a regular local service from Motherwell as an extension of the Argyle Line's Hamilton Circle route (the line through here had been electrified by British Rail in 1981 to allow electrically hauled freight trains to access the nearby Gartsherrie container terminal). The link northwards to was re-established in 1996, when the Motherwell to Cumbernauld DMU service was inaugurated. That then provided the main service from the station up until the May 2014 timetable change, as Argyle Line trains only called here at peak periods. Electrification was extended north to Cumbernauld in 2014 as part of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme upgrade scheme and thereafter all passenger trains began to be worked by EMUs. Following a timetable recast in December 2014, Motherwell services once again now run on through via the Hamilton Circle to the city's north west suburbs throughout the day. Access to the station is now by a ramp from West Canal Street leading to the Down (Cumbernauld bound) platform with access to the Motherwell-bound island platform via the original underpass. Original access to both platforms of the station was via this underpass from the category C(S) listed two-floor structure at the end of the station. With a container terminal just north of the station, and the location on link between the West Coast Main Line and the lines to Grangemouth, Stirling and points north, there are also freight trains passing through the station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coatbridge Central railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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