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Place
  
Uddingston

Station code
  
UDD

2011/12
  
0.769 million

Number of platforms
  
2

Grid reference
  
NS693608

Managed by
  
Abellio ScotRail

2012/13
  
0.785 million

Local authority
  
South Lanarkshire

Uddingston railway station

Address
  
Uddingston, Glasgow G71 7BT, United Kingdom

Original company
  
Clydesdale Junction Railway

Pte
  
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Similar
  
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Uddingston railway station serves the town of Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is located on the Argyle Line and Shotts Line. Passenger services are provided by Abellio ScotRail.

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History

The station was opened as Uddingston by the Clydesdale Junction Railway on 1 June 1849. Following nationalisation of the UK railway network in 1948, the station was renamed Uddingston Central by British Railways to avoid confusion with the nearby Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway station also of the same name, renamed Uddingston East the following year, only to close in 1955. At some time prior to, or during, electrification of the Cathcart Circle Lines and the Clydesdale Junction Railway from Newton to Motherwell the station name reverted to Uddingston.

Overview

The main entrance is located on Station Road. Passengers travel through the Ticket Office and the "Coffee Stop" to Platform 1 (Glasgow-bound trains). Platform 2 (Motherwell/Edinburgh-bound trains) and the car park are accessible by a footbridge over the double line.

Refurbishments

The station has received major investment in recent years funded by ScotRail, SPT and South Lanarkshire Council. Improvements include:

  • £610,000 investment in more than doubling the amount of parking spaces and improving pedestrian access
  • installation of an automatic ticket vending machine and renewal of ticketing system within booking office
  • the opening of the "Coffee Stop"
  • addition of hanging baskets and floral beds through working with the local community
  • new station seating both on platforms and within the waiting room
  • installation of state-of-the-art flat-screen Passenger Information System displays for both platforms and waiting area
  • addition of fully accessible public toilets on Platform 1
  • addition of public telephone on Platform 1
  • refurbishment of the waiting room on Platform 1 to meet accessibility requirements including automatic doors and accessible ticket counter

    • Services

    East and West Coast Main Line trains pass through the station to/from Glasgow Central but do not stop. Argyle Line services do however call every half-hour in each direction throughout the week. These formerly provided through links to Central Low Level via Rutherglen and then onwards to Dalmuir via Yoker northbound and to Motherwell southbound (alternate services continued to Lanark).

    Following a major timetable recast associated with electrification of the Whifflet Line in December 2014 however, northbound trains now run to Central High Level every 30 minutes and southbound trains all proceed to Lanark via Bellshill & Shieldmuir (alternate trains terminate at Motherwell on Sundays). Passengers wishing to reach destinations on the routes via Central Low Level must change at Cambuslang or transfer between the main line and Low Level platforms at Central for onward connections (except for a limited number of weekday peak trains).

    The hourly stoppers (two-hourly Sundays) on the Shotts Line to Edinburgh Waverley also serve the station.

    References

    Uddingston railway station Wikipedia
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