Station code SPS 2011/12 0.302 million | Grid reference NS662684 2012/13 0.306 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Pte Strathclyde Partnership for Transport Similar Springburn railway station, Greenfaulds railway station, Barnhill railway station, Alexandra Parade railway st, Cumbernauld railway station | ||
Train leaving stepps railway station in scotland next stop gartcosh
Stepps railway station serves the village of Stepps, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is located on the Cumbernauld Line, 5ΒΌ miles (8 km) north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) and is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
Contents
- Train leaving stepps railway station in scotland next stop gartcosh
- History
- Services
- Facilities
- References
History
The station is sited on the former Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, which originally opened back to 1831 and later formed part of the Caledonian Railway main line from Glasgow Buchanan Street. A station at Stepps (originally known as Stepps Road) was opened on this line sometime around 1843/4 (when the line was extended to Coatbridge), which was then closed by the British Railways on 5 November 1962.
The present station (a short distance to the east) was opened by British Rail with financial support from Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive on 15 May 1989.
Services
Monday to Saturday, there is a half-hourly EMU service to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level and Dalmuir westbound and Cumbernauld eastbound along with an hourly diesel service between Queen Street High Level and Falkirk Grahamston. Electric services reverse at Springburn to access the North Clyde Line following the inauguration of electrification between Springburn & Cumbernauld on 18 May 2014, but the service to/from Falkirk remains diesel operated at present.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Partick via Glasgow Queen St LL and to Cumbernauld.
Facilities
The station has a car park as well as cycle storage, but is not staffed. There is a ticket machine on the westbound platform, but not on the eastbound platform.