Cambuslang railway station

Cambuslang
Scottish Gaelic: Camas Lang
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Location
Place	Cambuslang
Local authority	South Lanarkshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	NS639606
Operations
Station code	CBL
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.419 million
2004/05	0.482 million
2005/06	0.557 million
2006/07	0.579 million
2007/08	0.605 million
2008/09	0.660 million
2009/10	0.655 million
2010/11	0.689 million
2011/12	0.757 million
- Interchange	7,703
2012/13	0.777 million
- Interchange	7,856
2013/14	0.717 million
- Interchange	7,380
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
1 June 1849	Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cambuslang from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Cambuslang railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Cambuslang, Scotland. The station is five miles south east of Glasgow Central, and is regularly served by trains on the Argyle line to and from Glasgow Central (both Low & High Level). Passenger services are provided by Abellio ScotRail on behalf of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT).

History

The station was planned as part of the Clydesdale Junction Railway, opening on 1 June 1849 between Motherwell and Rutherglen along what had become part of the Caledonian Railway. In 1974, the West Coast Main Line electrification was completed by British Rail with local services through the station on the Hamilton Circle and Lanark routes converted to electric trains operated using BR Class 303 and 311 "Blue Trains".

The station originally had two large station buildings on each platform, leading directly up to the Main Street; these were later demolished, and one building has been built on the main street containing the ticket office and timetable posters.

Geography

The platforms of Cambuslang are located in a cutting between North Avenue and Cambuslang Main Street. The station falls within the G72 postcode area; the main entrance is from Cambuslang main street. There is also a secondary (non-wheelchair accessible) entrance from North Avenue where the majority of Park and Ride passengers leave their vehicles. The station is approximately 5 minutes' walk from the nearby Morrisons supermarket. There is an SPT bus stance outside the station, served by First Bus and Henderson Travel services to Buchanan Bus Station and to Parkhead Forge.

Operations

Platform 1 - Westbound

Westbound services travel towards Glasgow Central from the easterly locations. Shotts Line services terminate at the High Level platforms, as did the Hamilton Circle services prior to the opening of the Argyle Line in November 1979. From November 1979, British Rail electric services proceeded through the Low Level platforms, to the North Clyde Line, terminating at Milngavie, Dalmuir (via Yoker or Singer). When the Argyle Line first opened in 1979, trains also terminated at Dumbarton Central.

A further recast of the timetable in December 2014 means that services from Lanark now run to High Level and passengers from this direction wishing to reach Argyle Line destinations must change trains here. All services on the Argyle Line now run to Dalmuir, though connections are available at Rutherglen or Central Low Level for Milngavie.

Platform 2 - Eastbound

Eastbound services travel away from Glasgow Central from westerly locations. Trains for the Shotts Line proceed through to Edinburgh Waverley, at times Peak hour trains have terminated at Shotts. Electric trains either travel round the Hamilton Circle in clockwise and anti-clockwise directions or to Lanark (express; via Bellshill and Shieldmuir), Cumbernauld and Larkhall.

Service patterns

1979 service patterns

Eastbound

• 2 tph from Dalmuir to Motherwell via Hamilton
• 1 tph from Dumbarton Central to Motherwell via Hamilton
• 2 tph from Dalmuir to Motherwell via Bellshill
• 1 tph from Dumbarton Central to Motherwell via Bellshill
• 1 tph from Milngavie to Lanark (express service between Glasgow Central and Motherwell)

Westbound

• 2 tph from Motherwell via Hamilton to Dalmuir
• 1 tph from Motherwell via Hamilton to Dumbarton Central
• 2 tph from Motherwell via Bellshill to Dalmuir
• 1 tph from Motherwell via Bellshill to Dumbarton Central
• 1 tph from Lanark to Milngavie (express service between Motherwell and Glasgow Central)

Current service patterns

Eastbound

• 2tph to Larkhall via Hamilton
• 2tph to Motherwell via Hamilton,with an hourly extension to Cumbernauld
• 2tph to Lanark via Motherwell

There are peak services to Shotts and onwards to Edinburgh that call here

Westbound

• 4tph to Dalmuir
• 2tph to Glasgow Central High Level

There are peak services from Shotts and Edinburgh that call here.

Station facilities

Cambuslang is completely covered by CCTV provided by SPT and is completely accessible by wheelchair from the Main Street entrance. Timetables are posted on the footbridge and staff are on hand to assist passengers; real-time service information is provided by passenger information screens on the platforms. A ticket vending machine and new waiting shelters were recently installed on the westbound platform.

References

Sources

• ScotRail: Official Website
• SPT: Official Website

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newton		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line via Blantyre		Rutherglen
Uddingston		Abellio ScotRail Argyle Line via Bellshill		Glasgow Central
Uddingston		Abellio ScotRail Shotts Line (limited service)		Glasgow Central
	Historical railways
Newton Line and station open		Caledonian Railway Clydesdale Junction Railway		Rutherglen Line and station open