Blairhill railway station

Blairhill
Blairhill railway station
General information
Location	Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.8665°N 4.0427°W / 55.8665; -4.0427
Grid reference	NS722655
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BAI
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1 February 1871	Opened as Blairhill and Gartsherrie[1]
1960s???	Renamed as Blairhill[1]
Passengers
2019/20	0.474 million
2020/21	54,710
2021/22	0.203 million
2022/23	0.290 million
2023/24	0.343 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Blairhill railway station serves the Blairhill area of the town of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is 8½ miles (13 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station. Situated on Blair Road, the railway station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, comprising Class 334s on Edinburgh to Helensburgh services, and Class 318s and Class 320s on Airdrie to Balloch services.

History

The station was built opened on 1 February 1871 and was previously called Blairhill and Gartsherrie.^[1] It bordered the original St. Ambrose High School from 1961 until the buildings were demolished in 2012.

Facilities

The street-level platform, which now bears the "portacabin" ticket office, once supported a wooden station building which housed a ticket office and newsagent. On the night of 12 January 1987, shortly after being painted in the bright orange livery of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive, this building was burned to the ground. The station now has a staffed ticket office during working hours (Monday-Saturday). A new purpose built car park on the site of the former St. Ambrose High School now serves the station.^[2]

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes:^[3]

• Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
• Half-hourly service towards Airdrie
• Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
• Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level (As of August 2016 this service no longer calls at Shettleston, Cartyne and Bellgrove. Passengers for these stations please use the half-hourly service towards Balloch instead.)

Evening services are as follows:

• Half-hourly service towards Airdrie via all stations
• Half-hourly service towards Balloch via Glasgow Queen Street Low Level

Sunday services are as follows:

• Half-hourly service towards Edinburgh Waverley
• Half-hourly service towards Helensburgh Central

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Coatbridge Sunnyside		ScotRail North Clyde Line		Easterhouse
	Historical railways
Coatbridge Sunnyside		North British Railway Coatbridge Branch		Bargeddie

Gallery

• 
  Blairhill & Gartsherrie Station in 1961
• 
  Blairhill railway station ticket office

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 37
2. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Blairhill".
3. Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• RAILSCOT on Coatbridge Branch