Easterhouse railway station

Easterhouse railway station serves the Easterhouse area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built by the North British Railway as part of their Coatbridge Branch and opened when the branch opened on 1 February 1871.[2] The station is 5¾ miles (9 km) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line and is managed by ScotRail.

Easterhouse

Scottish Gaelic: An Taigh Sear[1]
National Rail
Two railway tracks with overhead catenary electrification pass through a railway station with a small, single-storey, flat-roofed station building and stairs presumably leading to a footbridge
A Class 320 departing Easterhouse railway station
General information
LocationEasterhouse, Glasgow
Scotland
Coordinates55.8599°N 4.1066°W / 55.8599; -4.1066
Grid referenceNS682649
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeEST
History
Original companyCoatbridge Bridge, NBR
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
1 February 1871Opened[2]
Passengers
2017/18Increase 0.378 million
2018/19Increase 0.380 million
2019/20Decrease 0.339 million
2020/21Decrease 41,514
2021/22Increase 0.177 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Daily 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 have to 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

Rolling stock

The current rolling stock operating the North Clyde Lines are Class 320s, Class 318 and Class 334.

Previous operations

From the 1960s after electrification by British Railways, both Class 311s and Class 303s operated the North Clyde Lines. During a fleet cascade it was common to find a Class 314, Class 311 or Class 303. During the 1990s the Class 320s were introduced to the North Clyde Lines. The Class 311s were then withdrawn and both Class 303s and 320s operated together until 2002 when the final Class 303 unit was withdrawn. The Class 334s then entered service. Initially, the units were set for the Ayrshire Lines but they operated the North Clyde lines during peak-hour times.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Blairhill   ScotRail
North Clyde Line
  Garrowhill
  Historical railways  
Bargeddie (NBR)
Line open; Station closed
  Coatbridge Branch
North British Railway
  Garrowhill
Line and Station open

References

Notes

  1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. Butt (1995), page 88
  3. Table 226 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • 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.
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