Gartcosh railway station serves the village of Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line, northeast of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) station.
The station was opened on 9 May 2005 by The Princess Royal. The station was built at a cost of over £3 million, provided by Strathclyde Passenger Transport and North Lanarkshire council, on the site of the previous Gartcosh station that closed in 1962.
Services
2017
Monday to Saturday there are three trains per hour from Gartcosh to Glasgow Queen Street westbound and eastbound with an hourly service continuing to . Two of the westbound services run via Queen St Low Level to and over the North Clyde Line whilst the other (the service to/from Falkirk) terminates at Queen St High Level.GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2014, Table 226
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Partick via Queen St LL and to Cumbernauld.
2018/19
From December 2018, a new half hourly Glasgow - Edinburgh via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston service started, replacing the hourly DMU service and taking over the existing EMU service between Springburn and Cumbernauld. The service uses new Class 385 EMUs.
Facilities The station has a car park, but is not permanently staffed.
References
External links
Pictures of Gartcosh pre and post railway station - Garnkirk and Glasgow railway "HRH The Princess Royal visits Gartcosh" - North Lanarkshire Council website