Cumbernauld railway station

Cumbernauld railway station serves the town of Cumbernauld, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line, north east of Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) station and the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line, north of . Trains serving the station are operated by ScotRail. The patronage at Cumbernauld station does not compare well with that of stations in similar towns such as , possibly due to the awkward position on the southeastern periphery of the town, around a 20-minute walk from the town centre. Other residential areas (including Westfield and Balloch) are closer to , while Condorrat and Greenfaulds are served by Greenfaulds railway station. Some areas like the Village or Abronhill are not within reasonable walking distance of a station, although Abronhill is close to the line, which has recently been electrified. History The station was built by the Caledonian Railway and opened on 7 August 1848 on their line from Gartsherrie (on the former Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway) to Greenhill on the Scottish Central Railway. The line gave the Caledonian access to central & north eastern Scotland from Glasgow and its main line from , but the station at Cumbernauld wasn't a commercial success as the village it served wasn't particularly large; and so it closed after just one year of operation. It was eventually reopened in 1870 to be served by local passenger services from Glasgow Buchanan Street on the lines toward Falkirk & Stirling.